Cristy
#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #7,559
Given to girls 99.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 402 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,200since 1944
Cristy over time
Rank among girls' names. Cristy has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,021 | 26 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | — | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,401 | 19 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,358 | 33 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #3,942 | 36 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #3,532 | 40 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,654 | 36 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,009 | 47 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #3,404 | 39 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,509 | 35 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,173 | 39 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #2,229 | 60 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #2,880 | 41 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,432 | 52 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #2,217 | 59 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #1,798 | 80 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,628 | 92 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,493 | 104 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,551 | 91 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #1,226 | 122 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,098 | 138 | — | |
| 1986 | #909 | 177 | — | |
| 1985 | #758 | 225 | — | |
| 1984 | #701 | 237 | — | |
| 1983 | #625 | 276 | — | |
| 1982 | #710 | 244 | — | |
| 1981 | #562 | 330 | — | |
| 1980 | #633 | 288 | — | |
| 1979 | #520 | 370 | — | |
| 1978 | #484 | 402 | — | |
| 1977 | #553 | 318 | — | |
| 1976 | #532 | 329 | — | |
| 1975 | #539 | 321 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #522 | 322 | — | |
| 1973 | #571 | 286 | — | |
| 1972 | #586 | 273 | — | |
| 1971 | #622 | 270 | — | |
| 1970 | #668 | 238 | — | |
| 1969 | #753 | 180 | — | |
| 1968 | #861 | 141 | — | |
| 1967 | #959 | 113 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,135 | 87 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,042 | 101 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,042 | 108 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,087 | 99 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,177 | 87 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,144 | 92 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,087 | 98 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,149 | 86 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,211 | 77 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,262 | 69 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #1,279 | 66 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,537 | 44 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,267 | 61 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,386 | 49 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,740 | 31 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,550 | 36 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
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| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cristy! It came in at #4,054, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1946, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Cristy is popular in 1957
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#281 · 1 in 1,504
- Michigan#671 · 1 in 11,890
- Illinois#899 · 1 in 18,075
- California#1,094 · 1 in 20,496
Best ever in a state: #182 in New Hampshire, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #281 | 7 | 1 in 1,504 |
| Michigan | #671 | 8 | 1 in 11,890 |
| Illinois | #899 | 6 | 1 in 18,075 |
| California | #1,094 | 8 | 1 in 20,496 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cristy
- 2,112 spots since 2024 (#5,021 → #7,133)
- 1,283 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #7,133)
- 1,097 spots since 2015 (#6,036 → #7,133)
- Biggest jump: 176 spots in 1967 (#1,135 → #959)
- Biggest drop: 189 spots in 1987 (#909 → #1,098)
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1978 at #484 (402 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1967–1986
- Highest: 1 in 3,811 girls born in 1978 were named Cristy (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 38.2% of all girls named Cristy (3,129) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 65 | #1,953 (1948) | #3,151 |
| 1950s | 557 | #1,149 (1959) | #1,397 |
| 1960s | 1,106 | #753 (1969) | #1,029 |
| 1970s | 3,129 | #484 (1978) | #560 |
| 1980s | 2,128 | #562 (1981) | #877 |
| 1990s | 592 | #1,493 (1990) | #2,508 |
| 2000s | 345 | #3,009 (2001) | #4,216 |
| 2010s | 166 | #5,247 (2010) | #7,455 |
| 2020s | 112 | #5,021 (2024) | #6,415 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cristy in 1957
Top girls' names in 1957
Top boys' names in 1957
More about 1957
girls
2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 29,636 of them was named Cristy, which outranked 82.0% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,254Leora70
- #1,254Liane70
- #1,254Shelli70
- #1,262Cristy69
- #1,262Bernardine69
- #1,262Delinda69
- #1,262Florine69
- #1,274Bridgett68
- #1,274Bridgette68
- #1,274Cherylann68
Tied with 11 names at #1,262; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 431,447 of them was named Cristy, which outranked 12.3% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 559 names at #3,993; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.