Misti
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 521 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,324since 1952
Misti over time
Rank among girls' names. Misti has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
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| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
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| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
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| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 |
| 2001 | #4,447 | 27 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 |
| 1998 | #4,023 | 28 |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 |
| 1996 | #3,237 | 36 |
| 1995 | #2,367 | 55 |
| 1994 | #2,255 | 58 |
| 1993 | #2,090 | 65 |
| 1992 | #1,782 | 81 |
| 1991 | #1,609 | 94 |
| 1990 | #1,364 | 116 |
| 1989 | #1,301 | 121 |
| 1988 | #1,129 | 136 |
| 1987 | #1,005 | 155 |
| 1986 | #886 | 186 |
| 1985 | #806 | 204 |
| 1984 | #721 | 229 |
| 1983 | #639 | 268 |
| 1982 | #562 | 327 |
| 1981 | #503 | 398 |
| 1980 | #473 | 447 |
| 1979 | #452 | 452 |
| 1978 | #427 | 474 |
| 1977 | #412 | 495 |
| 1976 | #395 | 521 |
| 1975 | #389 | 521 |
| 1974 | #440 | 440 |
| 1973 | #455 | 405 |
| 1972 | #531 | 318 |
| 1971 | #599 | 288 |
| 1970 | #600 | 290 |
| 1969 | #836 | 153 |
| 1968 | #898 | 132 |
| 1967 | #886 | 133 |
| 1966 | #1,042 | 100 |
| 1965 | #1,079 | 94 |
| 1964 | #1,211 | 83 |
| 1963 | #1,250 | 77 |
| 1962 | #1,419 | 61 |
| 1961 | #1,697 | 45 |
| 1960 | #1,887 | 36 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
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| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Misti! It came in at #4,908, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1953–1956, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Misti is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wyoming#88 · 1 in 305
- Oklahoma#119 · 1 in 567
- Montana#184 · 1 in 732
- West Virginia#197 · 1 in 983
- Kansas#199 · 1 in 1,033
Best ever in a state: #88 in Wyoming, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #88 | 8 | 1 in 305 |
| Oklahoma | #119 | 30 | 1 in 567 |
| Montana | #184 | 6 | 1 in 732 |
| West Virginia | #197 | 12 | 1 in 983 |
| Kansas | #199 | 13 | 1 in 1,033 |
| Texas | #238 | 88 | 1 in 1,175 |
| Tennessee | #253 | 19 | 1 in 1,467 |
| Utah | #265 | 11 | 1 in 1,379 |
| Nebraska | #266 | 6 | 1 in 1,637 |
| Idaho | #269 | 5 | 1 in 1,337 |
| Alabama | #284 | 14 | 1 in 1,553 |
| Louisiana | #284 | 19 | 1 in 1,448 |
| Missouri | #285 | 17 | 1 in 1,803 |
| Iowa | #286 | 9 | 1 in 2,065 |
| Arkansas | #293 | 8 | 1 in 1,573 |
| Kentucky | #314 | 11 | 1 in 2,172 |
| Oregon | #315 | 8 | 1 in 1,931 |
| Indiana | #324 | 16 | 1 in 2,175 |
| Ohio | #395 | 21 | 1 in 3,284 |
| Mississippi | #398 | 7 | 1 in 2,191 |
| Georgia | #399 | 13 | 1 in 2,481 |
| North Carolina | #401 | 11 | 1 in 2,943 |
| Arizona | #404 | 7 | 1 in 2,341 |
| Colorado | #418 | 6 | 1 in 2,883 |
| Washington | #460 | 7 | 1 in 3,278 |
| Florida | #500 | 13 | 1 in 3,386 |
| Minnesota | #506 | 5 | 1 in 5,308 |
| Illinois | #587 | 15 | 1 in 4,727 |
| California | #744 | 25 | 1 in 6,133 |
| Michigan | #767 | 7 | 1 in 8,221 |
| Pennsylvania | #880 | 6 | 1 in 11,001 |
| New York | #1,604 | 5 | 1 in 19,665 |
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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 Misti
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 236 spots in 1970 (#836 → #600)
- Biggest drop: 119 spots in 1987 (#886 → #1,005)
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1975 at #389 (521 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1967–1986
- Highest: 1 in 2,798 girls born in 1975 were named Misti (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 354,404 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 50.5% of all girls named Misti (4,204) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 34 | #2,980 (1959) | #4,668 |
| 1960s | 914 | #836 (1969) | #1,221 |
| 1970s | 4,204 | #389 (1975) | #470 |
| 1980s | 2,471 | #473 (1980) | #803 |
| 1990s | 576 | #1,364 (1990) | #2,863 |
| 2000s | 112 | #4,447 (2001) | #8,926 |
| 2010s | 13 | #12,153 (2011) | #14,184 |
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.
Misti in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 3,232 of them was named Misti, which outranked 96.3% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.