Girls' name · since 1954
Khristy
332 babies named Khristy in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,084 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 332
- born since 1954
- 1970s
- peak decade
Khristy sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 332 recorded since 1954.
Khristy has 332 recorded births among girls since 1954, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 2000.
- #15,084 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 332 born since 1954
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khristy ranks #15,084 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 332 born since 1954, peaking in the 1970s.
- #15,084 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 332
- born since 1954
- 1970s
- peak decade
Khristy's 332 recorded births place it above 79.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Khristy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Khristy splits its recorded history at 1977: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1954 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1973 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Khristy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2000
- Peak year (1973)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Khristy by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (146 births, 44% of the file).
1970s was Khristy's strongest decade.
146 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Khristy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
69 births
- 1970s
1970s
146 births
- 1980s
1980s
89 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 146 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Khristy's decade-level peak was the 1970s (146 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Khristy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1954–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Khristy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.