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

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Peak · girls
1978 · 402 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,200
since 1944

Cristy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cristy has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #484, 1978girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#7,13315—
2024#5,02126—
2023#5,75221—
2022#6,70717—
2021#8,02413—
2020#5,85020—
2019#7,71614—
2018#11,4278—
2017#7,09216—
2016#6,40119—
2015#6,03621—
2014#8,48513—
2013#7,37216—
2012#6,57619#7,55910
2011#8,19614—
2010#5,24726#12,2315
2009#6,31721—
2008#5,01329—
2007#4,94429—
2006#4,35833#10,6626
2005#3,94236#11,4725
2004#3,98935#9,9486
2003#3,53240—
2002#3,65436—
2001#3,00947#9,2436
2000#3,40439—
1999#3,50935—
1998#3,17339#9,6315
1997#3,71630#8,1106
1996#2,22960#9,0155
1995#2,88041—
1994#2,43252#8,8005
1993#2,21759#8,7005
1992#1,79880—
1991#1,62892—
1990#1,493104—
1989#1,55191#6,9416
1988#1,226122—
1987#1,098138—
1986#909177—
1985#758225—
1984#701237—
1983#625276—
1982#710244—
1981#562330—
1980#633288—
1979#520370—
1978#484402—
1977#553318—
1976#532329—
1975#539321#5,4645
1974#522322—
1973#571286—
1972#586273—
1971#622270—
1970#668238—
1969#753180—
1968#861141—
1967#959113—
1966#1,13587—
1965#1,042101—
1964#1,042108—
1963#1,08799—
1962#1,17787—
1961#1,14492—
1960#1,08798—
1959#1,14986—
1958#1,21177—
1957#1,26269#3,9935
1956#1,27966—
1955#1,53744—
1954#1,26761—
1953#1,58638—
1952#1,38649—
1951#1,74031—
1950#1,55036—
1949#2,27419—
1948#1,95324—
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First appearance
1944

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 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedAKMaine: #223 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,183 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedMNIllinois: #525 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,939 girlsILWisconsin: #399 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,621 girlsWIMichigan: #445 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,597 girlsMINew York: #653 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,175 girlsNYMassachusetts: #553 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,931 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedIAIndiana: #432 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,479 girlsINOhio: #517 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,925 girlsOHPennsylvania: #469 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,125 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #553 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 3,833 girlsCAUtah: #265 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,379 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedNEMissouri: #423 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,406 girlsMOKentucky: #331 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,389 girlsKYWest Virginia: #236 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,311 girlsWVVirginia: #308 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,988 girlsVAMaryland: #446 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,043 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedDEArizona: #404 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,341 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedNMKansas: #387 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,687 girlsKSArkansas: #398 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,516 girlsARTennessee: #311 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,990 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #290 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,798 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #349 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,126 girlsOKLouisiana: #529 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,440 girlsLAMississippi: #505 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,067 girlsMSAlabama: #323 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,812 girlsALGeorgia: #332 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,897 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedHITexas: #524 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,446 girlsTXFlorida: #428 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,751 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maine#223 · 1 in 1,183
  2. West Virginia#236 · 1 in 1,311
  3. Utah#265 · 1 in 1,379
  4. North Carolina#290 · 1 in 1,798
  5. Virginia#308 · 1 in 1,988

Best ever in a state: #182 in New Hampshire, 1977.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#22351 in 1,183
West Virginia#23691 in 1,311
Utah#265111 in 1,379
North Carolina#290181 in 1,798
Virginia#308141 in 1,988
Tennessee#311141 in 1,990
Alabama#323121 in 1,812
Kentucky#331101 in 2,389
Georgia#332171 in 1,897
Oklahoma#34981 in 2,126
Kansas#38751 in 2,687
Arkansas#39851 in 2,516
Wisconsin#39981 in 3,621
Arizona#40471 in 2,341
Missouri#42391 in 3,406
Florida#428161 in 2,751
Indiana#432101 in 3,479
Michigan#445161 in 3,597
Maryland#44661 in 3,043
Pennsylvania#469161 in 4,125
Mississippi#50551 in 3,067
Ohio#517141 in 4,925
Texas#524301 in 3,446
Illinois#525181 in 3,939
Louisiana#52981 in 3,440
California#553401 in 3,833
Massachusetts#55351 in 5,931
New York#653191 in 5,175
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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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1944
  • Peaked 1978 at #484 (402 births)
  • Births halved by 1986, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1967–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,811
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 38.2% of all girls named Cristy (3,129) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s65#1,953 (1948)#3,151
1950s557#1,149 (1959)#1,397
1960s1,106#753 (1969)#1,029
1970s3,129#484 (1978)#560
1980s2,128#562 (1981)#877
1990s592#1,493 (1990)#2,508
2000s345#3,009 (2001)#4,216
2010s166#5,247 (2010)#7,455
2020s112#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 1978

girls
#484
402 births · 1 in 3,811 girls

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #484Cristy402
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 3,811 of them was named Cristy, which outranked 95.8% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cristy
  1. #480Marcie407
  2. #482Adrianne405
  3. #483Mayra403
  4. #484Cristy402
  5. #484Sasha402
  6. #486Carolina399
  7. #486Lillian399
  8. #488Karrie398

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978 →