Girls' name · peaked in 1975
Christy name popularity since 1925
100,098 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Christy (98.4% girls, 1.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1975 or earlier, so the typical Christy is about 51 years old in 2026. Christy peaked in 1975 as the #53 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 100,098
- Named Christy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,191 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.4% girls
- 98,507 girls · 1,591 boys
- Most popular in
- Tennessee
- 2.48× its national share
Peak year is the year Christy made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Christy births per year, 1925–2025
1975 was the biggest year for Christy both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1966 and 1971, Christy became 3.5× more common, from 1 in 1,490 baby girls to 1 in 423.
- Steepest fall: Between 1978 and 1983, its share of baby girls fell by 61%, from 1 in 329 to 1 in 846.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Christy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Christy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Christy in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 42 | 162 | – |
| 1930s | 112 | 215 | #1,795 |
| 1940s | 1,539 | 231 | #831 |
| 1950s | 7,858 | 303 | #303 |
| 1960s | 14,747 | 204 | #254 |
| 1970s | 44,592 | 248 | #53 |
| 1980s | 20,227 | 123 | #151 |
| 1990s | 5,984 | 60 | #449 |
| 2000s | 2,257 | 24 | #1,069 |
| 2010s | 889 | 15 | #2,263 |
| 2020–25 | 260 | 6 | #4,191 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
57.3% of babies named Christy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Christy is most popular
The index compares Christy's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Christy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 2.48× | 5,056 |
| Alabama | 2.13× | 3,640 |
| Kentucky | 1.93× | 3,126 |
| Georgia | 1.87× | 5,008 |
| Mississippi | 1.87× | 2,191 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Christy and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Christy (this page) | 98,507 | 1975 |
| Christie | 45,511 | 1975 |
| Christi | 20,910 | 1974 |
| Cristy | 8,200 | 1978 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Christy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Christy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Christy (1975).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data