Kristy
Kristy was the 5166th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 51st with 5,332 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,886 places. More babies were named Kristy in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Christy) pet form of Christopher or Christina · English, Irish, Greek
- Rank in 2025
- #5,166 girls, down 1,913 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 25girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19785,332 babies
- Total since 1880
- 70,703babies recorded
What does the name Kristy mean?
Kristy is a spelling of Christy, pronounced the same way, so it shares Christy's meaning and origin.
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)
Kristy popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 179 since 1960.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,166 | 25 |
| 2020 | #3,253 | 48 |
| 2010 | #1,904 | 106 |
| 2000 | #832 | 269 |
| 1990 | #248 | 1,133 |
| 1980 | #78 | 4,059 |
| 1970 | #197 | 1,632 |
| 1960 | #417 | 535 |
| 1950 | #846 | 109 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kristy, counting every spelling?
Kristy is a spelling of Christy, 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 Kristy?
25 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kristy (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kristy 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 337 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kristy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kristy?
About 66,300 people born in the US named Kristy are alive today, with a median age of 47; half are between 42 and 53. That makes Kristy 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.
Kristy by state
How common Kristy was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 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 Kristy: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kristy, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kristy
What does Kristy mean?
Kristy is a spelling of Christy, which means “pet form of Christopher or Christina” (English, Irish, Greek origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Kristy?
Kristy was the 5166th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 25 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 51st with 5,332 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,886 places. More babies were named Kristy in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Kristy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kristy in the US.
Where is Kristy most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kristy was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.