How Many People Are Named Kristy?
people named Kristy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,126 people in the US has this name
Based on 70,703 babies named Kristy in Social Security records from 1941 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,352 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of CHRISTINA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Kristy in English. Counting Kristy and these spellings together, about 192,845 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Kristy (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kristy alive today is about 46 years old, and 85% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 41 and 52 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kristy first appears in the records in 1941 and was given most often in 1978, to 5,352 babies. In 2025, 25 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1941 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kristy never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #51, in 1978, and it was in the top 100 for 5 years, 1977 to 1981. In 2025 it ranked #5,165.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,165 |
| Best rank | #51 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | 5 (1977 to 1981) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #114 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kristy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kristy were born in California than in any other state: about 6,358 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kristy was given 1.8 times as often in Utah, 1.7 times in Idaho and 1.7 times in Tennessee.
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