Christy
#4,172 for girls in 2025, 34 births · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #10,605
Given to girls 98.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 5,168 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 11 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 98,576since 1887
Christy over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,172 | 34 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,459 | 45 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,709 | 41 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,033 | 54 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,883 | 38 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,221 | 48 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #2,814 | 59 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,508 | 70 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,160 | 88 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,739 | 63 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,259 | 83 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,213 | 85 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #2,211 | 84 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,918 | 103 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,661 | 128 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #1,678 | 126 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #1,785 | 121 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,486 | 157 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,544 | 148 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,268 | 189 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,067 | 223 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #1,023 | 228 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #959 | 243 | — | |
| 2002 | #812 | 285 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #785 | 301 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #667 | 362 | — | |
| 1999 | #678 | 335 | — | |
| 1998 | #613 | 392 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #575 | 403 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #461 | 543 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #449 | 574 | — | |
| 1994 | #395 | 637 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #409 | 608 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #357 | 720 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #332 | 798 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #286 | 974 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #245 | 1,093 | — | |
| 1988 | #233 | 1,129 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #207 | 1,293 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #174 | 1,555 | #2,429 | 22 |
| 1985 | #151 | 1,941 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #145 | 2,028 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #146 | 1,974 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #115 | 2,598 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #99 | 2,943 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #83 | 3,673 | #2,729 | 17 |
| 1979 | #72 | 4,286 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1978 | #59 | 4,661 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #59 | 4,602 | #2,202 | 21 |
| 1976 | #60 | 4,853 | #1,646 | 32 |
| 1975 | #53 | 5,168 | #1,948 | 24 |
| 1974 | #57 | 5,067 | #1,582 | 31 |
| 1973 | #73 | 4,121 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #74 | 4,190 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1971 | #89 | 3,930 | #1,526 | 32 |
| 1970 | #105 | 3,714 | #1,615 | 28 |
| 1969 | #116 | 3,052 | #1,605 | 26 |
| 1968 | #151 | 2,139 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1967 | #223 | 1,314 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #251 | 1,136 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #254 | 1,128 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1964 | #235 | 1,374 | #1,729 | 21 |
| 1963 | #254 | 1,209 | #1,513 | 27 |
| 1962 | #275 | 1,068 | #1,713 | 22 |
| 1961 | #263 | 1,163 | #1,521 | 28 |
| 1960 | #262 | 1,164 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #277 | 1,023 | #1,467 | 29 |
| 1958 | #261 | 1,116 | #1,396 | 31 |
| 1957 | #293 | 957 | #1,457 | 29 |
| 1956 | #303 | 859 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | #303 | 835 | #1,294 | 34 |
| 1954 | #329 | 659 | #1,496 | 26 |
| 1953 | #334 | 619 | #1,408 | 29 |
| 1952 | #296 | 747 | #1,182 | 39 |
| 1951 | #333 | 565 | #1,295 | 32 |
| 1950 | #362 | 478 | #1,364 | 28 |
| 1949 | #384 | 421 | #1,163 | 37 |
| 1948 | #495 | 270 | #1,378 | 28 |
| 1947 | #494 | 276 | #1,555 | 23 |
| 1946 | #592 | 181 | #1,382 | 26 |
| 1945 | #830 | 82 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #925 | 69 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #879 | 79 | #1,577 | 20 |
| 1942 | #789 | 93 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,222 | 38 | #1,333 | 25 |
| 1940 | #1,374 | 30 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #1,544 | 24 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #1,756 | 16 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | #1,422 | 23 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | #1,323 | 26 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #1,356 | 26 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #1,302 | 28 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | #1,496 | 24 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #1,293 | 31 |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #1,293 | 32 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #1,064 | 43 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | #1,390 | 28 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #1,169 | 38 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1922 | — | #1,046 | 45 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,140 | 39 | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #1,694 | 21 |
| 1919 | — | #1,159 | 36 | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #1,446 | 25 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #1,304 | 27 |
| 1915 | — | #1,505 | 21 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,153 | 25 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,117 | 10 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Christy! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1915, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Christy
- 713 spots since 2024 (#3,459 → #4,172)
- 951 spots since 2020 (#3,221 → #4,172)
- 1,913 spots since 2015 (#2,259 → #4,172)
- Biggest jump: 433 spots in 1942 (#1,222 → #789)
- Biggest drop: 147 spots in 2003 (#812 → #959)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1975 at #53 (5,168 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 11 yrs · run 1971–1981
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1942–2003
- Highest: 1 in 282 girls born in 1975 were named Christy (0.35%)
- Latest: 1 in 47,273 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 45.2% of all girls named Christy (44,592) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,147 (1887) | #1,147 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,596 (1899) | #1,648 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,951 (1906) | #1,951 |
| 1910s | 26 | #3,187 (1913) | #3,583 |
| 1920s | 65 | #2,737 (1929) | #3,596 |
| 1930s | 112 | #1,544 (1939) | #2,901 |
| 1940s | 1,539 | #384 (1949) | #798 |
| 1950s | 7,858 | #261 (1958) | #309 |
| 1960s | 14,747 | #116 (1969) | #228 |
| 1970s | 44,592 | #53 (1975) | #70 |
| 1980s | 20,227 | #83 (1980) | #160 |
| 1990s | 5,984 | #286 (1990) | #456 |
| 2000s | 2,257 | #667 (2000) | #1,140 |
| 2010s | 889 | #1,661 (2011) | #2,216 |
| 2020s | 260 | #3,033 (2022) | #3,580 |
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.
Christy in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 38,118 of them was named Christy, which outranked 72.7% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,347Tommy31
- #1,347Tracy31
- #1,347Verdie31
- #1,374Christy30
- #1,374Blanca30
- #1,374Caron30
- #1,374Clair30
- #1,404Adrian29
- #1,404Albina29
- #1,404Ardelle29
Tied with 29 names at #1,374; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 77,278 of them was named Christy, which outranked 54.2% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,736Virgie16
- #1,736Waldon16
- #1,736Zeb16
- #1,802Christy15
- #1,802Agapito15
- #1,802Apolonio15
- #1,802Arlene15
- #1,894Aden14
- #1,894Alphonzo14
- #1,894Anne14
Tied with 91 names at #1,802; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.