Christy — #3445 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Christy

The Social Security Administration has registered 98,541 babies named Christy between 1887 and 2024, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Christy currently holds the #3445 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 5,168 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Christy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 44,592 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Christy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8,664 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Christy in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Christy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 98,541 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.