Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kristy

#483 most common girls' name of all time · #888 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1941–2025

Rank among girls
#483
Rank overall
#888 of 105,966
First appeared
1941
Years on the list
85 of 146
All-time
70,703
Since 2016
357
Peak year
1978 #51
Best rank
#51 1978
Girls Boys peak 5,352/yr
1960198020002020

Kristy first appears in 1941. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 25 25 #5,124
2024 27 27 #4,919
2023 25 25 #5,152
2022 20 20 #6,035
2021 16 16 #7,017
2020 48 48 #3,243
2019 39 39 #3,800
2018 46 46 #3,406
2017 50 50 #3,207
2016 61 61 #2,807
2015 50 50 #3,263
2014 79 79 #2,330
2013 88 88 #2,139
2012 91 91 #2,106
2011 69 69 #2,597
2010 106 106 #1,901
2009 116 116 #1,841
2008 143 143 #1,592
2007 158 158 #1,477
2006 149 149 #1,483
2005 162 162 #1,345
2004 167 167 #1,284
2003 191 191 #1,139
2002 215 215 #1,012
2001 207 207 #1,038
2000 269 269 #832
1999 264 264 #821
1998 305 305 #723
1997 338 338 #654
1996 485 485 #494
1995 512 512 #486
1994 586 586 #430
1993 687 687 #370
1992 838 838 #325
1991 988 988 #281
1990 1,133 1,133 #248
1989 1,219 7 1,226 #225
1988 1,280 7 1,287 #205
1987 1,513 5 1,518 #181
1986 1,787 5 1,792 #158
1985 2,022 2,022 #145
1984 2,159 5 2,164 #135
1983 2,242 2,242 #133
1982 2,842 11 2,853 #104
1981 3,263 11 3,274 #94
1980 4,059 16 4,075 #78
1979 4,880 13 4,893 #56
1978 5,332 20 5,352 #51
1977 4,045 18 4,063 #68
1976 2,327 11 2,338 #113
1975 1,920 7 1,927 #141
1974 2,090 11 2,101 #133
1973 1,891 1,891 #147
1972 1,837 1,837 #158
1971 1,822 6 1,828 #171
1970 1,632 1,632 #197
1969 1,372 9 1,381 #220
1968 1,062 1,062 #254
1967 835 10 845 #301
1966 800 800 #313
1965 780 780 #323
1964 823 823 #332
1963 741 741 #348
1962 559 559 #413
1961 581 581 #404
1960 535 7 542 #417
1959 491 491 #431
1958 505 505 #414
1957 405 405 #470
1956 369 369 #484
1955 300 300 #532
1954 268 268 #543
1953 278 278 #514
1952 332 332 #464
1951 173 173 #667
1950 109 109 #849
1949 85 85 #972
1948 60 60 #1,172
1947 73 73 #1,046
1946 24 24 #1,914
1945 16 16 #2,233
1944 7 7 #4,012
1943 9 9 #3,484
1942 11 11 #2,984
1941 6 6 #4,405