Kristy

Girl name

Kristy has been given to 70,703 babies in the U.S. since 1941. It peaked in 1978.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

70,703

Peak year

1978 (5,352 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1941

10-year trend

▼ -50%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Kristy Swanson

American actress

Kristy McNichol

American actress

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Kristy.

68,756 babies since 1880

68,139 babies since 1925

65,796 babies since 1880

79,160 babies since 1909

60,627 babies since 1934

82,044 babies since 1883

59,346 babies since 1880

83,424 babies since 1944

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