Kristy Girl
How popular is Kristy?
#5,098 girl name in 2025
25 baby girls were named Kristy in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
Kristy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,098 for girls (▼ 208 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 25 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,254 in 2015, #3,221 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1978 (5,332 girls) |
| Highest rank | #51 in 1978 |
| First recorded | 1941 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kristy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kristy family of names ranked #2,001 for girls in 2025 (#2,023 the year before), with 67 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kristy is most popular
Babies named Kristy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Kristy by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 291 | #969 |
| 1950s | 3,230 | #414 |
| 1960s | 8,088 | #220 |
| 1970s | 27,776 | #51 |
| 1980s | 22,386 | #78 |
| 1990s | 6,136 | #248 |
| 2000s | 1,777 | #832 |
| 2010s | 679 | #1,897 |
| 2020s | 161 | #3,221 |
Girl names about as popular as Kristy
Questions
- Is Kristy a boy or girl name?
- Kristy is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kristy were girls.
- How popular is the name Kristy?
- 25 baby girls were named Kristy in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
- When was Kristy most popular?
- Kristy peaked in 1978, when 5,332 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #51 in 1978.
- How many people are named Kristy?
- 70,703 babies have been named Kristy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 67,074 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 47.
- Where is Kristy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kristy was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.