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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #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
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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 2002

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedNHWashington: #687 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,059 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedMINew York: #873 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,055 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedORNevada: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,079 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,210 girlsPANew Jersey: #760 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,151 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #711 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 4,640 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedWVVirginia: #635 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,962 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedDEArizona: #920 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,410 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedARTennessee: #853 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,005 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedALGeorgia: #704 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,401 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kristy, so not publishedHITexas: #982 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 6,780 girlsTXFlorida: #856 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,925 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Virginia#635 · 1 in 3,962
  2. Washington#687 · 1 in 4,059
  3. Georgia#704 · 1 in 4,401
  4. California#711 · 1 in 4,640
  5. New Jersey#760 · 1 in 5,151

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Virginia#63591 in 3,962
Washington#68771 in 4,059
Georgia#704111 in 4,401
California#711481 in 4,640
New Jersey#76081 in 5,151
Tennessee#85351 in 6,005
Florida#856131 in 5,925
New York#873161 in 6,055
Arizona#92061 in 5,410
Texas#982231 in 6,780
Pennsylvania#1,07961 in 9,210
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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 2002

girls
#1,012
215 births · 1 in 8,358 girls

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #1,012Kristy215
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 8,358 of them was named Kristy, which outranked 94.4% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristy
  1. #1,008Lilia217
  2. #1,008Rhea217
  3. #1,008Tatianna217
  4. #1,012Kristy215
  5. #1,012Neha215
  6. #1,014Ada214
  7. #1,014Caleigh214
  8. #1,014Drew214

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

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,168Cadence#2,126 → #958
  2. ↑ 949Lisbeth#1,573 → #624
  3. ↑ 710Ashanti#825 → #115
  4. ↑ 464Elle#1,076 → #612
  5. ↑ 412Nyla#865 → #453
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,141Citlalli#609 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 748Nallely#772 → #1,520
  3. ↓ 617Dafne#967 → #1,584
  4. ↓ 582Beyonce#700 → #1,282
  5. ↓ 540Mikaila#928 → #1,468

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

See the top 100 for 2002 →