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.

Misty

#426 most common girls' name of all time · #777 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1944–2025

Rank among girls
#426
Rank overall
#777 of 105,966
First appeared
1944
Years on the list
81 of 146
All-time
84,891
Since 2016
341
Peak year
1977 #40
Best rank
#40 1977
Girls Boys peak 6,333/yr
1960198020002020

Misty first appears in 1944. 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 35 — 35 #4,089
2024 36 — 36 #4,051
2023 25 — 25 #5,153
2022 23 — 23 #5,511
2021 32 — 32 #4,343
2020 37 — 37 #3,853
2019 35 — 35 #4,097
2018 35 — 35 #4,092
2017 40 — 40 #3,790
2016 43 — 43 #3,609
2015 52 — 52 #3,188
2014 64 — 64 #2,722
2013 40 — 40 #3,793
2012 66 — 66 #2,689
2011 77 — 77 #2,400
2010 68 — 68 #2,649
2009 103 — 103 #2,009
2008 85 — 85 #2,303
2007 93 — 93 #2,152
2006 111 — 111 #1,841
2005 136 — 136 #1,520
2004 129 — 129 #1,544
2003 164 — 164 #1,272
2002 166 — 166 #1,215
2001 199 — 199 #1,071
2000 242 — 242 #904
1999 241 — 241 #887
1998 308 — 308 #719
1997 325 — 325 #670
1996 369 — 369 #619
1995 412 — 412 #562
1994 488 — 488 #511
1993 598 — 598 #416
1992 741 — 741 #352
1991 941 — 941 #295
1990 996 — 996 #279
1989 1,218 8 1,226 #226
1988 1,408 — 1,408 #194
1987 1,712 8 1,720 #162
1986 1,971 6 1,977 #145
1985 2,413 9 2,422 #121
1984 2,792 14 2,806 #98
1983 3,189 11 3,200 #87
1982 4,071 10 4,081 #74
1981 4,799 14 4,813 #61
1980 5,541 20 5,561 #49
1979 5,785 27 5,812 #42
1978 5,834 20 5,854 #43
1977 6,315 18 6,333 #40
1976 5,906 20 5,926 #46
1975 5,552 16 5,568 #47
1974 4,439 12 4,451 #66
1973 3,475 12 3,487 #90
1972 2,425 5 2,430 #125
1971 1,493 7 1,500 #200
1970 1,151 — 1,151 #266
1969 949 — 949 #295
1968 841 — 841 #305
1967 789 — 789 #307
1966 680 — 680 #344
1965 492 — 492 #422
1964 431 — 431 #467
1963 342 — 342 #527
1962 293 — 293 #574
1961 265 — 265 #628
1960 212 — 212 #701
1959 77 — 77 #1,224
1958 39 — 39 #1,757
1957 36 — 36 #1,836
1956 26 — 26 #2,189
1955 33 — 33 #1,872
1954 16 — 16 #2,876
1953 19 — 19 #2,507
1952 7 — 7 #4,804
1951 9 — 9 #3,950
1950 14 — 14 #2,899
1949 5 — 5 #5,866
1948 6 — 6 #5,129
1947 15 — 15 #2,766
1945 5 — 5 #5,154
1944 9 — 9 #3,377