How popular is the name Christy?

Christy ranks 120th among girls' names in US records, with 354,011 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,647.

Is Christy a unisex name?

No. Christy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1975, when 15,478 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Christie, Kristy, Kristi, Kristie, Christi. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#120 of girl names

Pronounced K R IH1 S T IY0 (ARPABET)

Christy is a girls' name, and first appears in 1881. It has been given to 354,011 children — the 120th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 60% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1975, when 15,478 children were given it.

Five other spellings are counted in that total — Christie, Kristy, Kristi and two more — because they are pronounced identically.

1975Girls: 15,478Boys: 57

These spellings sound identical to Christy and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Christy?: Christy ranks 120th among girls' names in US records, with 354,011 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,647.
Is Christy a unisex name?: No. Christy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Christy most popular?: 1975, when 15,478 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Christy spelled?: Christie, Kristy, Kristi, Kristie, Christi. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.