Kristy

#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #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 1969

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedMEVermont: #126 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 475 girlsVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedNHWashington: #216 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,057 girlsWAIdaho: #132 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 449 girlsIDMontana: #161 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 575 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #135 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 477 girlsNDMinnesota: #236 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,514 girlsMNIllinois: #244 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 1,390 girlsILWisconsin: #187 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,050 girlsWIMichigan: #184 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 982 girlsMINew York: #484 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 3,860 girlsNYMassachusetts: #448 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,695 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedRIOregon: #160 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 689 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedSDIowa: #143 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 657 girlsIAIndiana: #161 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 835 girlsINOhio: #220 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 1,239 girlsOHPennsylvania: #256 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 1,610 girlsPANew Jersey: #341 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,254 girlsNJConnecticut: #266 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,613 girlsCTCalifornia: #202 for girls · 152 births · 1 in 1,052 girlsCAUtah: #105 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 392 girlsUTColorado: #200 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 907 girlsCONebraska: #122 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 504 girlsNEMissouri: #207 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,072 girlsMOKentucky: #149 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 726 girlsKYWest Virginia: #172 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 791 girlsWVVirginia: #287 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,854 girlsVAMaryland: #287 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,790 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedDEArizona: #237 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,033 girlsAZNew Mexico: #219 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 894 girlsNMKansas: #127 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 512 girlsKSArkansas: #149 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 644 girlsARTennessee: #96 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 422 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #180 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 866 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #246 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,346 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #361 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,040 girlsDCOklahoma: #129 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 505 girlsOKLouisiana: #282 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,466 girlsLAMississippi: #260 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,432 girlsMSAlabama: #164 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 769 girlsALGeorgia: #179 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 848 girlsGAHawaii: #268 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 991 girlsHITexas: #209 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 967 girlsTXFlorida: #324 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,929 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#96 · 1 in 422
  2. Utah#105 · 1 in 392
  3. Nebraska#122 · 1 in 504
  4. Vermont#126 · 1 in 475
  5. Kansas#127 · 1 in 512

Best ever in a state: #28 in Hawaii, 1977.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#96721 in 422
Utah#105241 in 392
Nebraska#122201 in 504
Vermont#12661 in 475
Kansas#127281 in 512
Oklahoma#129331 in 505
Idaho#132101 in 449
North Dakota#13591 in 477
Iowa#143311 in 657
Arkansas#149211 in 644
Kentucky#149341 in 726
Oregon#160201 in 689
Indiana#161491 in 835
Montana#16171 in 575
Alabama#164341 in 769
West Virginia#172151 in 791
Georgia#179451 in 848
North Carolina#180461 in 866
Michigan#184731 in 982
Wisconsin#187311 in 1,050
Colorado#200181 in 907
California#2021521 in 1,052
Missouri#207321 in 1,072
Texas#2091041 in 967
Washington#216231 in 1,057
New Mexico#21991 in 894
Ohio#220681 in 1,239
Minnesota#236191 in 1,514
Arizona#237131 in 1,033
Illinois#244611 in 1,390
South Carolina#246151 in 1,346
Pennsylvania#256521 in 1,610
Mississippi#260131 in 1,432
Connecticut#266131 in 1,613
Hawaii#26851 in 991
Louisiana#282211 in 1,466
Maryland#287141 in 1,790
Virginia#287181 in 1,854
Florida#324231 in 1,929
New Jersey#341221 in 2,254
District of Columbia#36151 in 2,040
Massachusetts#44891 in 4,695
New York#484361 in 3,860
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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 Kristy
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 206 spots since 2024 (#4,893 → #5,099)
  • 1,878 spots since 2020 (#3,221 → #5,099)
  • 1,845 spots since 2015 (#3,254 → #5,099)
  • Biggest jump: 200 spots in 1952 (#664 → #464)
  • Biggest drop: 205 spots in 2001 (#832 → #1,037)
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.

Kristy in 1969

girls
#220
1,372 births · 1 in 1,230 girls
boys
#3,062
9 births · 1 in 198,686 boys

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #220Kristy1,372

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #3,062Kristy9
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 1,230 of them was named Kristy, which outranked 97.5% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristy
  1. #217Shari1,409
  2. #218Marilyn1,398
  3. #219Jeanne1,378
  4. #220Kristy1,372
  5. #221Audrey1,361
  6. #222Kara1,354
  7. #222Lara1,354
Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,462Shani#2,126 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,203Julissa#2,164 → #961
  3. ↑ 1,133Chelsea#1,834 → #701
  4. ↑ 667Latasha#1,519 → #852
  5. ↑ 549Britt#1,519 → #970
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Tamiko#552 → #1,007
  2. ↓ 345Alesia#697 → #1,042
  3. ↓ 324Vickey#966 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 308Bettina#746 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 293Cammie#846 → #1,139

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

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 198,686 of them was named Kristy, which outranked 39.3% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristy
  1. #2,861Yusuf10
  2. #2,861Yvette10
  3. #2,861Zvi10
  4. #3,062Kristy9
  5. #3,062Acie9
  6. #3,062Aden9
  7. #3,062Adolf9
  8. #3,314Abelino8
  9. #3,314Adell8
  10. #3,314Alcides8

Tied with 251 names at #3,062; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →