NameTides

Christy

Christy was the #4,172 girls' name in the US in 2025 (34 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Christy as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Christy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Christy as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#4,172 (34)#5,927 (3)——#3,044 (6)
2024#3,459 (45)————
2023#3,709 (41)———#2,900 (6)
2022#3,033 (54)————
2021#3,883 (38)————
2020#3,221 (48)————
2019#2,814 (59)————
2018#2,508 (70)———#2,587 (7)
2017#2,160 (88)#5,765 (3)——#2,609 (7)
2016#2,739 (63)#2,547 (10)——#2,892 (6)
2015#2,259 (83)#4,736 (4)——#1,874 (11)
2014#2,213 (85)#3,514 (6)——#2,374 (8)
2013#2,211 (84)———#1,686 (13)
2012#1,918 (103)#3,285 (7)——#1,350 (18)
2011#1,661 (128)#5,785 (3)——#1,761 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1975 at #53.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1887.
  • In 2020, 89% of US babies named Christy were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 48,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 48,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Christy is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 43,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 29,000 to 1 in 62,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Christy by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Christy (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ChristyCanadaGirls#3,0446
ChristyEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
ChristyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
ChristyIrelandGirls—too few
ChristyIrelandBoys#8293
ChristyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ChristyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ChristyScotlandGirls—too few
ChristyScotlandBoys#7623
ChristyUSGirls#4,17234
ChristyUSBoys—too few