Kristy

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Peak · girls
1978 · 5,332 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
5 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
70,524
since 1941

Kristy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19401960198020002020peak #51, 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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,09925—
2024#4,89327—
2023#5,12625—
2022#5,98420—
2021#6,96716—
2020#3,22148—
2019#3,78839—
2018#3,39646—
2017#3,19250—
2016#2,79861—
2015#3,25450—
2014#2,32379—
2013#2,13788—
2012#2,09591—
2011#2,58969—
2010#1,897106—
2009#1,838116—
2008#1,589143—
2007#1,475158—
2006#1,480149—
2005#1,343162—
2004#1,278167—
2003#1,138191—
2002#1,012215—
2001#1,037207—
2000#832269—
1999#821264—
1998#722305—
1997#653338—
1996#493485—
1995#485512—
1994#429586—
1993#370687—
1992#325838—
1991#281988—
1990#2481,133—
1989#2251,219#6,2297
1988#2051,280#5,7517
1987#1811,513#6,9515
1986#1581,787#6,7215
1985#1452,022—
1984#1352,159#6,3155
1983#1332,242—
1982#1042,842#3,69211
1981#943,263#3,60111
1980#784,059#2,83116
1979#564,880#3,16813
1978#515,332#2,27920
1977#684,045#2,45818
1976#1132,327#3,26411
1975#1411,920#4,3097
1974#1332,090#3,12011
1973#1471,891—
1972#1581,837—
1971#1711,822#4,3756
1970#1971,632—
1969#2201,372#3,0629
1968#2541,062—
1967#300835#2,61110
1966#312800—
1965#323780—
1964#332823—
1963#348741—
1962#413559—
1961#404581—
1960#417535#3,3377
1959#431491—
1958#414505—
1957#470405—
1956#484369—
1955#530300—
1954#543268—
1953#514278—
1952#464332—
1951#664173—
1950#842109—
1949#97085—
1948#1,15760—
1947#1,03873—
1946#1,86024—
1945#2,14916—
1944#3,6877—
1943#3,2499—
1942#2,81711—
1941#3,9546—
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First appearance
1941

The first year at least five girls were named Kristy! It came in at #3,954, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1941, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Kristy is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Kristy in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Kristy
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,878 spots since 2020 (#3,221 → #5,099)
  • Biggest jump: 200 spots in 1952
  • Biggest drop: 205 spots in 2001
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1941
  • Peaked 1978 at #51 (5,332 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 5 yrs · run 1977–1981
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1949–2000
Share of babies · girls
1 in 287
  • Highest: 1 in 287 girls born in 1978 were named Kristy (0.35%)
  • Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 39.4% of all girls named Kristy (27,776) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s291#970 (1949)#2,320
1950s3,230#414 (1958)#536
1960s8,088#220 (1969)#332
1970s27,776#51 (1978)#124
1980s22,386#78 (1980)#146
1990s6,136#248 (1990)#483
2000s1,777#832 (2000)#1,302
2010s679#1,897 (2010)#2,747
2020s161#3,221 (2020)#5,215

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.

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