Cristy — #5028 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Cristy

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,185 babies named Cristy between 1944 and 2024, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cristy currently holds the #5028 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 402 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cristy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 3,129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Cristy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 882 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Cristy in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cristy 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 8,185 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.