Kristy is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1978 and has since faded.
Kristy is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,166 for girl births in the United States (and #8,963 across all names), given to 25 babies. Kristy was first reported in SSA data in 1941 and peaked in 1978 (5,332 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | #5,166 | — |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | #4,966 | — |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | #5,192 | — |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | #6,114 | — |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | #7,123 | — |
| 2020 | 48 | 48 | #3,253 | — |
| 2019 | 39 | 39 | #3,828 | — |
| 2018 | 46 | 46 | #3,422 | — |
| 2017 | 50 | 50 | #3,225 | — |
| 2016 | 61 | 61 | #2,816 | — |
| 2015 | 50 | 50 | #3,280 | — |
| 2014 | 79 | 79 | #2,337 | — |
| 2013 | 88 | 88 | #2,147 | — |
| 2012 | 91 | 91 | #2,109 | — |
| 2011 | 69 | 69 | #2,604 | — |
| 2010 | 106 | 106 | #1,904 | — |
| 2009 | 116 | 116 | #1,843 | — |
| 2008 | 143 | 143 | #1,593 | — |
| 2007 | 158 | 158 | #1,477 | — |
| 2006 | 149 | 149 | #1,484 | — |
| 2005 | 162 | 162 | #1,347 | — |
| 2004 | 167 | 167 | #1,284 | — |
| 2003 | 191 | 191 | #1,138 | — |
| 2002 | 215 | 215 | #1,012 | — |
| 2001 | 207 | 207 | #1,038 | — |
| 2000 | 269 | 269 | #832 | — |
| 1999 | 264 | 269 | #822 | — |
| 1998 | 305 | 305 | #725 | — |
| 1997 | 338 | — | #653 | — |
| 1996 | 485 | — | #494 | — |
| 1995 | 512 | — | #486 | — |
| 1994 | 586 | — | #430 | — |
| 1993 | 687 | — | #370 | — |
| 1992 | 838 | — | #325 | — |
| 1991 | 988 | — | #282 | — |
| 1990 | 1,133 | — | #248 | — |
| 1989 | 1,226 | — | #225 | #6,626 |
| 1988 | 1,287 | — | #205 | #6,155 |
| 1987 | 1,518 | — | #181 | #7,620 |
| 1986 | 1,792 | — | #158 | #7,327 |
| 1985 | 2,022 | — | #145 | — |
| 1984 | 2,164 | — | #135 | #6,889 |
| 1983 | 2,242 | — | #133 | — |
| 1982 | 2,853 | — | #104 | #3,826 |
| 1981 | 3,274 | — | #94 | #3,746 |
| 1980 | 4,075 | — | #78 | #2,904 |
| 1979 | 4,893 | — | #56 | #3,268 |
| 1978 | 5,352 | — | #51 | #2,334 |
| 1977 | 4,063 | — | #68 | #2,517 |
| 1976 | 2,338 | — | #113 | #3,384 |
| 1975 | 1,927 | — | #141 | #4,581 |
| 1974 | 2,101 | — | #133 | #3,236 |
| 1973 | 1,891 | — | #147 | — |
| 1972 | 1,837 | — | #158 | — |
| 1971 | 1,828 | — | #171 | #4,687 |
| 1970 | 1,632 | — | #197 | — |
| 1969 | 1,381 | — | #220 | #3,207 |
| 1968 | 1,062 | — | #254 | — |
| 1967 | 845 | — | #300 | #2,699 |
| 1966 | 800 | — | #313 | — |
| 1965 | 780 | — | #323 | — |
| 1964 | 823 | — | #332 | — |
| 1963 | 741 | — | #348 | — |
| 1962 | 559 | — | #413 | — |
| 1961 | 581 | — | #404 | — |
| 1960 | 542 | — | #417 | #3,509 |
| 1959 | 491 | — | #432 | — |
| 1958 | 505 | — | #414 | — |
| 1957 | 405 | — | #470 | — |
| 1956 | 369 | — | #484 | — |
| 1955 | 300 | — | #531 | — |
| 1954 | 268 | — | #543 | — |
| 1953 | 278 | — | #514 | — |
| 1952 | 332 | — | #464 | — |
| 1951 | 173 | — | #667 | — |
| 1950 | 109 | — | #846 | — |
| 1949 | 85 | — | #971 | — |
| 1948 | 60 | — | #1,165 | — |
| 1947 | 73 | — | #1,043 | — |
| 1946 | 24 | — | #1,890 | — |
| 1945 | 16 | — | #2,193 | — |
| 1944 | 7 | — | #3,894 | — |
| 1943 | 9 | — | #3,365 | — |
| 1942 | 11 | — | #2,906 | — |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #4,197 | — |