How popular is the name Misty?

Misty ranks 403rd among girls' names in US records, with 84,856 births since 1944. Over the past decade it accounts for 358.

Is Misty a unisex name?

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

1977, when 6,315 children were given the name. It has been in use for 81 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#403 of girl names

Pronounced M IH1 S T IY0 (ARPABET)

Misty is a girls' name, and first appears in 1944. It has been given to 84,856 children — the 403rd most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 358 births across the past decade, against a peak of 6,315 in a single year. That peak was in 1977.

1977Girls: 6,315Boys: 18

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 Misty?: Misty ranks 403rd among girls' names in US records, with 84,856 births since 1944. Over the past decade it accounts for 358.
Is Misty a unisex name?: No. Misty is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Misty most popular?: 1977, when 6,315 children were given the name. It has been in use for 81 years and is still recorded as of 2024.