Girls' name · since 1974
Krysty
Since 1974, U.S. Social Security records show 33 babies named Krysty, peaking in 1987. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 33
- total births
- 1974–1999
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
33 girls have been named Krysty since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Krysty has 33 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1999.
- 33 total births
- 1974–1999 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 52% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Krysty's 33 recorded births place it above 45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Krysty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Krysty's SSA record in two at 1987 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Krysty popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1999
- Peak year (1987)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Krysty by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Krysty's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Krysty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 17 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Krysty's decade-level peak was the 1980s (17 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1974–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Krysty: Baby Name Since 1974 - 33 Births, Peak 1987." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/krysty. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Krysty 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 July 2026.