girls:
98.5k births since 1887
#375 (93rd percentile)
boys:
2k births since 1886
#2840 (38th percentile)
overall:
100.4k births since 1886
#679 (91st percentile)
The name Christy is the #679 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 100,449 recorded births since 1886. This represents the 91.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 91.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #375 (93.5% percentile) for all time with 98,495 births since 1887. For boys, it ranks #2,840 (38.0% percentile) for all time with 1,954 births since 1886.
Christy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1886 (1886 for boys and 1887 for girls). Birth data for Christy is available in 121 out of the 138 years between 1886 and 2023 (110 years for girls and 98 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Christy has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.1% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1899, the name was more popular for boys (54.5% boys from 1886 to 1898), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (98.1% girls from 1899 to 2023).
For girls, Christy reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 93.1% percentile (ranked #53) with 3,311 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 3,311 births per million (ranked 93.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1978, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Christy ranks #911 for girls (3.8% percentile) with 23 births per million, which is 0.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Christy reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 7.3% percentile (ranked #506) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 1895, with 55 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Christy".
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