Kristy — #4900 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kristy

The Social Security Administration has registered 70,496 babies named Kristy between 1941 and 2024, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kristy currently holds the #4900 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 5,332 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kristy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 27,776 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kristy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,750 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kristy in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kristy 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 70,496 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.