Kristy

Boy · recorded 1960–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Kristy.

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Its story

Popularity since 1960

061219601967197519821989

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 18 recorded years as a table
Kristy, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19603
19676
19695
19713
19747
19754
19767
197711
197812
19798
19809
19816
19826
19843
19863
19873
19884
19893

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kristy isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
7
Rank in 1989
#6,229
How rare
1 in 285,846 boys
Since 1960
179

Kristy was last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1978, at 12 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Kristy doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.