Misty — #4040 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Misty

The Social Security Administration has registered 84,619 babies named Misty between 1944 and 2024, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Misty currently holds the #4040 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 6,315 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Misty performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 42,375 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Misty shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11,073 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Misty in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Misty 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 84,619 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.