Misty

Girl name

Misty has been given to 84,891 babies in the U.S. since 1944. It peaked in 1977.

Meaning & origin

From the adjective misty, but sometimes also (like Missy) used as a nickname for Melissa.

Origin: English

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

84,891

Peak year

1977 (6,333 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1944

10-year trend

▼ -33%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Misty May-Treanor

American beach volleyball player

Misty Copeland

American ballet dancer

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

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

85,097 babies since 1882

83,761 babies since 1910

83,424 babies since 1944

82,044 babies since 1883

79,160 babies since 1909

92,517 babies since 1880

92,706 babies since 1880

76,622 babies since 1940

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