Girls' name · since 1976
Mistey
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 72 babies named Mistey, peaking in 1977. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 72
- total births
- 1976–1989
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
72 girls have been named Mistey since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mistey has 72 recorded births among girls since 1976, 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 1976 to 1989.
- 72 total births
- 1976–1989 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 67% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mistey's 72 recorded births place it above 57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mistey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mistey splits its recorded history at 1981: 33% of all births land in the more recent half, 67% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mistey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1989
- Peak year (1977)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Mistey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Mistey's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Mistey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
48 births
- 1980s
1980s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 48 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Mistey's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (48 total births) through the 1980s (24) -- 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, 1976–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mistey: Baby Name Since 1976 - 72 Births, Peak 1977." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mistey. 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 Mistey 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.