Cristy

#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #7,559
Given to girls 99.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1978 · 402 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,200
since 1944

Cristy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cristy has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #484, 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#7,13315
2024#5,02126
2023#5,75221
2022#6,70717
2021#8,02413
2020#5,85020
2019#7,71614
2018#11,4278
2017#7,09216
2016#6,40119
2015#6,03621
2014#8,48513
2013#7,37216
2012#6,57619#7,55910
2011#8,19614
2010#5,24726#12,2315
2009#6,31721
2008#5,01329
2007#4,94429
2006#4,35833#10,6626
2005#3,94236#11,4725
2004#3,98935#9,9486
2003#3,53240
2002#3,65436
2001#3,00947#9,2436
2000#3,40439
1999#3,50935
1998#3,17339#9,6315
1997#3,71630#8,1106
1996#2,22960#9,0155
1995#2,88041
1994#2,43252#8,8005
1993#2,21759#8,7005
1992#1,79880
1991#1,62892
1990#1,493104
1989#1,55191#6,9416
1988#1,226122
1987#1,098138
1986#909177
1985#758225
1984#701237
1983#625276
1982#710244
1981#562330
1980#633288
1979#520370
1978#484402
1977#553318
1976#532329
1975#539321#5,4645
1974#522322
1973#571286
1972#586273
1971#622270
1970#668238
1969#753180
1968#861141
1967#959113
1966#1,13587
1965#1,042101
1964#1,042108
1963#1,08799
1962#1,17787
1961#1,14492
1960#1,08798
1959#1,14986
1958#1,21177
1957#1,26269#3,9935
1956#1,27966
1955#1,53744
1954#1,26761
1953#1,58638
1952#1,38649
1951#1,74031
1950#1,55036
1949#2,27419
1948#1,95324
1947#3,44810
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1945#4,0256
1944#4,0546
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First appearance
1944

The first year at least five girls were named Cristy! It came in at #4,054, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1946, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Cristy is popular in 1965

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedIAIndiana: #632 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,594 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #742 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 13,282 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #882 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 11,548 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedNEMissouri: #572 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,285 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedALGeorgia: #689 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,169 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedHITexas: #1,124 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,985 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Cristy, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Missouri#572 · 1 in 7,285
  2. Indiana#632 · 1 in 8,594
  3. Georgia#689 · 1 in 8,169
  4. Pennsylvania#742 · 1 in 13,282
  5. California#882 · 1 in 11,548

Best ever in a state: #182 in New Hampshire, 1977.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Missouri#57251 in 7,285
Indiana#63251 in 8,594
Georgia#68951 in 8,169
Pennsylvania#74271 in 13,282
California#882141 in 11,548
Texas#1,12461 in 15,985
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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 Cristy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,112 spots since 2024 (#5,021#7,133)
  • 1,283 spots since 2020 (#5,850#7,133)
  • 1,097 spots since 2015 (#6,036#7,133)
  • Biggest jump: 176 spots in 1967 (#1,135#959)
  • Biggest drop: 189 spots in 1987 (#909#1,098)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1944
  • Peaked 1978 at #484 (402 births)
  • Births halved by 1986, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1967–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,811
  • Highest: 1 in 3,811 girls born in 1978 were named Cristy (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 107,151 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 38.2% of all girls named Cristy (3,129) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s65#1,953 (1948)#3,151
1950s557#1,149 (1959)#1,397
1960s1,106#753 (1969)#1,029
1970s3,129#484 (1978)#560
1980s2,128#562 (1981)#877
1990s592#1,493 (1990)#2,508
2000s345#3,009 (2001)#4,216
2010s166#5,247 (2010)#7,455
2020s112#5,021 (2024)#6,415

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.

Cristy in 1965

girls
#1,042
101 births · 1 in 17,477 girls

Top girls' names in 1965

  1. #1Lisa60,271
  2. #2Mary34,270
  3. #3Karen32,869
  4. #4Kimberly28,836
  5. #5Susan26,321
  6. #6Patricia23,552
  7. #7Donna19,700
  8. #8Linda19,345
  9. #9Cynthia19,239
  10. #10Angela18,754
  11. #1,042Cristy101
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 17,477 of them was named Cristy, which outranked 86.2% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cristy
  1. #1,032Joleen102
  2. #1,032Latonia102
  3. #1,032Tyra102
  4. #1,042Cristy101
  5. #1,042Cherrie101
  6. #1,042Christal101
  7. #1,042Denine101
  8. #1,048Daniel100
  9. #1,048Denita100
  10. #1,048Fran100

Tied with 5 names at #1,042; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. 723Marni#1,610#887
  2. 654Dionne#1,281#627
  3. 432Marnie#1,016#584
  4. 426Keli#1,383#957
  5. 368Gia#1,334#966
Fallers
  1. 1,326Djuna#738#2,064
  2. 470Djuana#756#1,226
  3. 383Shirl#714#1,097
  4. 297Beverley#955#1,252
  5. 275Dottie#912#1,187

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

See the top 100 for 1965