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
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 6,315 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 12 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 84,654since 1944
Misty 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 | #4,067 | 35 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,039 | 36 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,126 | 25 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,326 | 32 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,841 | 37 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,072 | 35 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,076 | 35 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,769 | 40 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,588 | 43 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,177 | 52 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,714 | 64 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,778 | 40 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,679 | 66 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,395 | 77 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,642 | 68 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,005 | 103 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,295 | 85 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,147 | 93 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,833 | 111 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,519 | 136 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,542 | 129 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,272 | 164 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,213 | 166 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,066 | 199 | — | |
| 2000 | #904 | 242 | — | |
| 1999 | #886 | 241 | — | |
| 1998 | #717 | 308 | — | |
| 1997 | #669 | 325 | — | |
| 1996 | #619 | 369 | — | |
| 1995 | #562 | 412 | — | |
| 1994 | #510 | 488 | — | |
| 1993 | #416 | 598 | — | |
| 1992 | #351 | 741 | — | |
| 1991 | #295 | 941 | — | |
| 1990 | #279 | 996 | — | |
| 1989 | #226 | 1,218 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #194 | 1,408 | — | |
| 1987 | #162 | 1,712 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #145 | 1,971 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #121 | 2,413 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #98 | 2,792 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #87 | 3,189 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #74 | 4,071 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #61 | 4,799 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #49 | 5,541 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #42 | 5,785 | #1,943 | 27 |
| 1978 | #43 | 5,834 | #2,279 | 20 |
| 1977 | #40 | 6,315 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #46 | 5,906 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #47 | 5,552 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #66 | 4,439 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #90 | 3,475 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #125 | 2,425 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #200 | 1,493 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #266 | 1,151 | — | |
| 1969 | #295 | 949 | — | |
| 1968 | #305 | 841 | — | |
| 1967 | #307 | 789 | — | |
| 1966 | #342 | 680 | — | |
| 1965 | #421 | 492 | — | |
| 1964 | #467 | 431 | — | |
| 1963 | #527 | 342 | — | |
| 1962 | #574 | 293 | — | |
| 1961 | #628 | 265 | — | |
| 1960 | #701 | 212 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,214 | 77 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,733 | 39 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,808 | 36 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,151 | 26 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,839 | 33 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | — | |
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| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | — | |
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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.
See more about Misty
- 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)
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1977 at #40 (6,315 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 12 yrs · run 1973–1984
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1960–2000
- Highest: 1 in 243 girls born in 1977 were named Misty (0.41%)
- Latest: 1 in 45,922 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 50.1% of all girls named Misty (42,375) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 40 | #2,637 (1947) | #4,045 |
| 1950s | 276 | #1,214 (1959) | #2,493 |
| 1960s | 5,294 | #295 (1969) | #457 |
| 1970s | 42,375 | #40 (1977) | #97 |
| 1980s | 29,114 | #49 (1980) | #122 |
| 1990s | 5,419 | #279 (1990) | #530 |
| 2000s | 1,428 | #904 (2000) | #1,580 |
| 2010s | 520 | #2,395 (2011) | #3,289 |
| 2020s | 188 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 277 of them was named Misty, which outranked 99.6% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 63,761 of them was named Misty, which outranked 72.5% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,903Val28
- #1,903Wardell28
- #1,903Winfred28
- #1,943Misty27
- #1,943Armon27
- #1,943Bj27
- #1,943Brandi27
- #1,991Addam26
- #1,991Ameer26
- #1,991Antjuan26
Tied with 47 names at #1,943; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.