Misti

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215

Peak · girls
1975 · 521 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,324
since 1952

Misti over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Misti has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #389, 1975girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
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2016#16,2155
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2011#12,1538
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2008#12,5798
2007
2006#15,1526
2005#10,12810
2004#8,71612
2003#8,50512
2002#6,39217
2001#4,44727
2000#5,49120
1999#5,66118
1998#4,02328
1997#4,23925
1996#3,23736
1995#2,36755
1994#2,25558
1993#2,09065
1992#1,78281
1991#1,60994
1990#1,364116
1989#1,301121
1988#1,129136
1987#1,005155
1986#886186
1985#806204
1984#721229
1983#639268
1982#562327
1981#503398
1980#473447
1979#452452
1978#427474
1977#412495
1976#395521
1975#389521
1974#440440
1973#455405
1972#531318
1971#599288
1970#600290
1969#836153
1968#898132
1967#886133
1966#1,042100
1965#1,07994
1964#1,21183
1963#1,25077
1962#1,41961
1961#1,69745
1960#1,88736
1959#2,98016
1958#5,4086
1957#5,3776
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First appearance
1952

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.

See more about Misti
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
  • Biggest jump: 236 spots in 1970 (#836#600)
  • Biggest drop: 119 spots in 1987 (#886#1,005)
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1952
  • Peaked 1975 at #389 (521 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 9 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 2,798
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 50.5% of all girls named Misti (4,204) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s34#2,980 (1959)#4,668
1960s914#836 (1969)#1,221
1970s4,204#389 (1975)#470
1980s2,471#473 (1980)#803
1990s576#1,364 (1990)#2,863
2000s112#4,447 (2001)#8,926
2010s13#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 1979

girls
#452
452 births · 1 in 3,551 girls

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #452Misti452
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 3,551 of them was named Misti, which outranked 96.2% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Misti
  1. #449Vivian456
  2. #450Cheri454
  3. #450Chrissy454
  4. #452Misti452
  5. #453Lena451
  6. #454Liza448
  7. #454Marcie448
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,593Breanne#2,125#532
  2. 1,527Loni#2,516#989
  3. 1,287Renata#2,012#725
  4. 985Ashanti#1,862#877
  5. 896Nicolette#1,581#685
Fallers
  1. 392Christel#762#1,154
  2. 312Kenisha#557#869
  3. 297Ariane#887#1,184
  4. 285Imelda#947#1,232
  5. 252Farrah#539#791

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

See the top 100 for 1979