Misty

#4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #5,615
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1977 · 6,315 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
12 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
84,654
since 1944

Misty over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #40, 1977girls
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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#4,06735—
2024#4,03936—
2023#5,12625—
2022#5,46523—
2021#4,32632—
2020#3,84137—
2019#4,07235—
2018#4,07635—
2017#3,76940—
2016#3,58843—
2015#3,17752—
2014#2,71464—
2013#3,77840—
2012#2,67966—
2011#2,39577—
2010#2,64268—
2009#2,005103—
2008#2,29585—
2007#2,14793—
2006#1,833111—
2005#1,519136—
2004#1,542129—
2003#1,272164—
2002#1,213166—
2001#1,066199—
2000#904242—
1999#886241—
1998#717308—
1997#669325—
1996#619369—
1995#562412—
1994#510488—
1993#416598—
1992#351741—
1991#295941—
1990#279996—
1989#2261,218#5,6158
1988#1941,408—
1987#1621,712#4,9688
1986#1451,971#5,9266
1985#1212,413#4,3339
1984#982,792#3,10714
1983#873,189#3,63011
1982#744,071#3,96610
1981#614,799#3,03014
1980#495,541#2,44420
1979#425,785#1,94327
1978#435,834#2,27920
1977#406,315#2,45818
1976#465,906#2,24520
1975#475,552#2,54016
1974#664,439#2,94612
1973#903,475#2,85712
1972#1252,425#4,9865
1971#2001,493#3,9637
1970#2661,151—
1969#295949—
1968#305841—
1967#307789—
1966#342680—
1965#421492—
1964#467431—
1963#527342—
1962#574293—
1961#628265—
1960#701212—
1959#1,21477—
1958#1,73339—
1957#1,80836—
1956#2,15126—
1955#1,83933—
1954#2,77916—
1953#2,43119—
1952#4,4837—
1951#3,7149—
1950#2,78114—
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1944#3,1399—
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First appearance
1944

The first year at least five girls were named Misty! It came in at #3,139, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1945–1946, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Misty is popular in 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedNHWashington: #513 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,121 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedMNIllinois: #564 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,608 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedMINew York: #1,339 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 32,653 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedRIOregon: #359 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,395 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedIAIndiana: #331 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,616 girlsINOhio: #398 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,832 girlsOHPennsylvania: #529 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,785 girlsPANew Jersey: #649 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,583 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #470 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 3,704 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedNEMissouri: #477 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,134 girlsMOKentucky: #527 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,035 girlsKYWest Virginia: #364 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,027 girlsWVVirginia: #602 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,958 girlsVAMaryland: #521 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,973 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedDEArizona: #257 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,158 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedNMKansas: #334 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,326 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedARTennessee: #426 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,860 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #369 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,517 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedMSAlabama: #506 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,582 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Misty, so not publishedHITexas: #441 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 3,062 girlsTXFlorida: #353 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,311 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#257 · 1 in 1,158
  2. Indiana#331 · 1 in 2,616
  3. Kansas#334 · 1 in 2,326
  4. Florida#353 · 1 in 2,311
  5. Oregon#359 · 1 in 2,395

Best ever in a state: #9 in Arkansas, 1975.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#257131 in 1,158
Indiana#331181 in 2,616
Kansas#33481 in 2,326
Florida#353211 in 2,311
Oregon#35961 in 2,395
West Virginia#36451 in 3,027
Oklahoma#36981 in 2,517
Ohio#398251 in 3,832
Tennessee#42691 in 3,860
Texas#441351 in 3,062
California#470471 in 3,704
Missouri#47781 in 5,134
Alabama#50671 in 4,582
Washington#51351 in 5,121
Maryland#52151 in 5,973
Kentucky#52751 in 6,035
Pennsylvania#529151 in 6,785
Illinois#564151 in 6,608
Virginia#60251 in 7,958
New Jersey#64961 in 9,583
New York#1,33951 in 32,653
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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 Misty
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#4,039 → #4,067)
  • 226 spots since 2020 (#3,841 → #4,067)
  • 890 spots since 2015 (#3,177 → #4,067)
  • Biggest jump: 513 spots in 1960 (#1,214 → #701)
  • Biggest drop: 169 spots in 1999 (#717 → #886)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1944
  • Peaked 1977 at #40 (6,315 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 12 yrs · run 1973–1984
  • Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1960–2000
Share of babies · girls
1 in 243
  • Highest: 1 in 243 girls born in 1977 were named Misty (0.41%)
  • Latest: 1 in 45,922 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 50.1% of all girls named Misty (42,375) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s40#2,637 (1947)#4,045
1950s276#1,214 (1959)#2,493
1960s5,294#295 (1969)#457
1970s42,375#40 (1977)#97
1980s29,114#49 (1980)#122
1990s5,419#279 (1990)#530
2000s1,428#904 (2000)#1,580
2010s520#2,395 (2011)#3,289
2020s188#3,841 (2020)#4,477

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.

Misty in 1963

girls
#527
342 births · 1 in 5,636 girls

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #527Misty342
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 5,636 of them was named Misty, which outranked 93.1% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Misty
  1. #524Bobbi346
  2. #525Randi345
  3. #526Geneva343
  4. #527Misty342
  5. #528Leeann338
  6. #528Malinda338
  7. #530Shellie336
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

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

See the top 100 for 1963 →