Christy

Where Christy comes from

The dictionaries list Christy as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Christopher — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1887
    First appearance
    #1,147 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1932
    Christy Brown born
    Irish artist
  3. 1939
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1969
    Christy Turlington born
    American model
  5. 1975
    Peak, #53
    5,168 babies named Christy — more than any year before or since.
  6. 1983
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #146.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Christopher.
  • Alternative form of Christie, A diminutive of the female given name Christina and related names.
Namesakes
  • Christy Turlington · American model, born 1969
  • Christy Brown · Irish artist, 1932–1981
  • Christy Carlson Romano · American actress, born 1984
  • Christy Canyon · American pornographic actress, born 1966
  • Christy Moore · Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist, born 1945

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.