Girls' name · since 1973
Missty
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 10 babies named Missty, peaking in 1973. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 10
- total births
- 1973–1984
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
Missty is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 10 have been recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Missty has been recorded 10 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1984.
- 10 total births
- 1973–1984 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Missty's 10 recorded births place it above 21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Missty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Missty's full recorded timeline at 1984, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births.
Missty popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1984
- Peak year (1973)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Missty by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Missty's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Missty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Missty's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1980s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1973–1984 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Missty: Baby Name Since 1973 - 10 Births, Peak 1973." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/missty. 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 Missty 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.