Girls' name · since 1944
Misty
Misty has 84,654 recorded births since 1944 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #423 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,086 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 84,654
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
84,654 babies have been named Misty since 1944, making it today's #4086 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Misty has been recorded 84,654 times among girls since 1944, currently ranked #4086 nationally and more common than 76% of girls, 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 1944 to 2025.
- #423 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,086 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 84,654 born since 1944
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Misty ranks #423 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,086 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 84,654 born since 1944, peaking in the 1970s.
- #423 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,086 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 84,654
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Misty's 84,654 recorded births place it above 99.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Misty compares
84,654 Top 3% higher than 97% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Misty's all-time total is 225x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Misty | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 84,654 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6,315 | 21 | 19,840 |
Misty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Misty's full recorded timeline at 1985, 19% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 81% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1945, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 6,315 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Misty popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2025
- Peak year (1977)
- 6,315
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Misty popularity over time - boys
237 total births recorded since 1971 (Misty as boys' name)
Misty by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (42,375 births, 50% of the file).
1970s was Misty's strongest decade.
42,375 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Misty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 40
1940s
40 births
- 1950s 276
1950s
276 births
- 1960s 5,294
1960s
5,294 births
- 1970s
1970s
42,375 births
- 1980s
1980s
29,114 births
- 1990s 5,419
1990s
5,419 births
- 2000s 1,428
2000s
1,428 births
- 2010s 520
2010s
520 births
- 2020s 188
2020s
188 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 42,375 births (50% of all-time use).
How Misty compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Misty's total volume
Misty by state
Where Misty concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11,072 | 13.1% |
| #2 | California | | 6,203 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 4,462 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 4,317 | 5.1% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 3,177 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 3,154 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 3,073 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 3,057 | 3.6% |
11,072 of 84,654 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Misty appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Misty's data
- Misty's decade-level peak was the 1970s (42,375 total births); usage has since declined to 188 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Mistys (11,072 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Misty
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Misty: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~81 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1944–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Misty 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 August 2026.