Misty was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #40 in 1977 but is far less common today.
Misty is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,140 for girl births in the United States (and #7,221 across all names), given to 35 babies. Misty was first reported in SSA data in 1944 and peaked in 1977 (6,315 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | #4,140 | — |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | #4,095 | — |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | #5,215 | — |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | #5,582 | — |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | #4,387 | — |
| 2020 | 37 | 37 | #3,890 | — |
| 2019 | 35 | 35 | #4,131 | — |
| 2018 | 35 | 35 | #4,124 | — |
| 2017 | 40 | 40 | #3,822 | — |
| 2016 | 43 | 43 | #3,641 | — |
| 2015 | 52 | 52 | #3,202 | — |
| 2014 | 64 | 64 | #2,730 | — |
| 2013 | 40 | 40 | #3,829 | — |
| 2012 | 66 | 66 | #2,701 | — |
| 2011 | 77 | 77 | #2,409 | — |
| 2010 | 68 | 68 | #2,666 | — |
| 2009 | 103 | 103 | #2,012 | — |
| 2008 | 85 | 85 | #2,311 | — |
| 2007 | 93 | 93 | #2,159 | — |
| 2006 | 111 | 111 | #1,842 | — |
| 2005 | 136 | 136 | #1,522 | — |
| 2004 | 129 | 129 | #1,543 | — |
| 2003 | 164 | 164 | #1,278 | — |
| 2002 | 166 | 166 | #1,217 | — |
| 2001 | 199 | 199 | #1,071 | — |
| 2000 | 242 | 242 | #906 | — |
| 1999 | 241 | 241 | #888 | — |
| 1998 | 308 | 308 | #719 | — |
| 1997 | 325 | — | #670 | — |
| 1996 | 369 | — | #619 | — |
| 1995 | 412 | — | #562 | — |
| 1994 | 488 | — | #511 | — |
| 1993 | 598 | — | #416 | — |
| 1992 | 741 | — | #352 | — |
| 1991 | 941 | — | #295 | — |
| 1990 | 996 | — | #279 | — |
| 1989 | 1,226 | — | #226 | #6,035 |
| 1988 | 1,408 | — | #194 | — |
| 1987 | 1,720 | — | #162 | #5,289 |
| 1986 | 1,977 | — | #145 | #6,463 |
| 1985 | 2,422 | — | #121 | #4,569 |
| 1984 | 2,806 | — | #98 | #3,219 |
| 1983 | 3,200 | — | #87 | #3,788 |
| 1982 | 4,081 | — | #74 | #4,133 |
| 1981 | 4,813 | — | #61 | #3,163 |
| 1980 | 5,561 | — | #49 | #2,500 |
| 1979 | 5,812 | — | #42 | #1,981 |
| 1978 | 5,854 | — | #43 | #2,345 |
| 1977 | 6,333 | — | #40 | #2,529 |
| 1976 | 5,926 | — | #46 | #2,305 |
| 1975 | 5,568 | — | #47 | #2,605 |
| 1974 | 4,451 | — | #66 | #3,074 |
| 1973 | 3,487 | — | #90 | #2,964 |
| 1972 | 2,430 | — | #125 | #5,503 |
| 1971 | 1,500 | — | #200 | #4,235 |
| 1970 | 1,151 | — | #266 | — |
| 1969 | 949 | — | #295 | — |
| 1968 | 841 | — | #305 | — |
| 1967 | 789 | — | #307 | — |
| 1966 | 680 | — | #344 | — |
| 1965 | 492 | — | #422 | — |
| 1964 | 431 | — | #467 | — |
| 1963 | 342 | — | #527 | — |
| 1962 | 293 | — | #574 | — |
| 1961 | 265 | — | #628 | — |
| 1960 | 212 | — | #701 | — |
| 1959 | 77 | — | #1,222 | — |
| 1958 | 39 | — | #1,756 | — |
| 1957 | 36 | — | #1,831 | — |
| 1956 | 26 | — | #2,181 | — |
| 1955 | 33 | — | #1,869 | — |
| 1954 | 16 | — | #2,856 | — |
| 1953 | 19 | — | #2,482 | — |
| 1952 | 7 | — | #4,793 | — |
| 1951 | 9 | — | #3,911 | — |
| 1950 | 14 | — | #2,862 | — |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #5,788 | — |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #5,078 | — |
| 1947 | 15 | — | #2,732 | — |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #5,036 | — |
| 1944 | 9 | — | #3,302 | — |