Christy
Christy was the 4191st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 53rd with 5,168 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,928 places. More babies were named Christy in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Meaning pet form of Christopher or Christina · English, Irish, Greek
Say it KRIS-tee /ˈkɹɪsti/
- Rank in 2025
- #4,191 girls, down 956 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 34girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19755,168 babies
- Total since 1880
- 100,536babies recorded
What does the name Christy mean?
Christy is a pet form of Christopher for boys (especially in Ireland) and of Christina and Christine for girls, as Wiktionary notes. Christopher is Greek Khristophoros 'Christ-bearer', from Khristos and pherein 'to bear', as DMNES notes; Christina means 'Christian'. Christy was popular for American girls in the 1970s.
Χριστός (Khristos) (Ancient Greek, “Christ, anointed”)φέρειν (pherein) (Ancient Greek, “to bear”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Christie, Christopher, Christina, Kristy.
See also: Greek names, names that mean God.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Christy', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Christopher', DMNES (Durham University)
Christy popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 1,960 since 1886.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,191 | 34 |
| 2020 | #3,235 | 48 |
| 2010 | #1,680 | 126 |
| 2000 | #667 | 362 |
| 1990 | #286 | 974 |
| 1980 | #83 | 3,673 |
| 1970 | #105 | 3,714 |
| 1960 | #262 | 1,164 |
| 1950 | #362 | 478 |
| 1940 | #1,376 | 30 |
| 1930 | #2,441 | 13 |
| 1920 | #4,484 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Christy, counting every spelling?
Christy is the most common spelling of a name family that had 95 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 95 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christy | 34 | #4,191 | 212 |
| Christie | 14 | #7,572 | 113 |
| Kristy | 25 | #5,166 | 113 |
| Kristi | 14 | #7,699 | 55 |
| Kristie | 8 | #11,465 | 33 |
| Christi | — | — | 26 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Christy?
34 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Christy (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Christy born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 247 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Christy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Christy?
About 90,900 people born in the US named Christy are alive today, with a median age of 50; half are between 45 and 56. That makes Christy mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Christy by state
How common Christy was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Christy: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Christy, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Christy · Sibling names for Christy
Christy is also a nickname for Christina and Christine.
Questions about the name Christy
What does Christy mean?
Christy means “pet form of Christopher or Christina” (English, Irish, Greek origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Christy?
Christy was the 4191st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 1975, when it ranked 53rd with 5,168 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,928 places. More babies were named Christy in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Christy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Christy in the US.
Where is Christy most popular?
In 2021–2025, Christy was most common in Maryland (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and Texas.