Girls' name · peaked in 1978
Kristy name popularity since 1925
70,703 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kristy. Half of them were born in 1979 or earlier, so the typical Kristy is about 47 years old in 2026. Kristy peaked in 1978 as the #51 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 70,703
- Named Kristy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,166 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 70,524 girls · 179 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 1.96× its national share
Peak year is the year Kristy 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.
Kristy births per year, 1925–2025
1978 was the biggest year for Kristy both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1973 and 1978, Kristy became 2.7× more common, from 1 in 771 baby girls to 1 in 287.
- Steepest fall: Between 1978 and 1983, its share of baby girls fell by 61%, from 1 in 287 to 1 in 745.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kristy's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kristy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kristy 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 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 291 | 0 | #2,193 |
| 1950s | 3,230 | 0 | #531 |
| 1960s | 8,088 | 26 | #323 |
| 1970s | 27,776 | 86 | #141 |
| 1980s | 22,386 | 67 | #145 |
| 1990s | 6,136 | 0 | #486 |
| 2000s | 1,777 | 0 | #1,347 |
| 2010s | 679 | 0 | #3,280 |
| 2020–25 | 161 | 0 | #5,166 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
52.1% of babies named Kristy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Kristy is most popular
The index compares Kristy'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 Kristy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 1.96× | 1,146 |
| Idaho | 1.66× | 455 |
| Hawaii | 1.60× | 344 |
| Tennessee | 1.58× | 2,294 |
| Louisiana | 1.54× | 1,904 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kristy 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kristy (this page) | 70,524 | 1978 |
| Kristi | 76,484 | 1972 |
| Kristie | 38,361 | 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 Kristy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kristy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kristy (1978).
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