# Christy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/christy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɹɪsti/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 100,536 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,960 / 98,576 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 518, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 128 | 1,662 |
| 2012 | 103 | 1,920 |
| 2013 | 84 | 2,220 |
| 2014 | 85 | 2,217 |
| 2015 | 83 | 2,263 |
| 2016 | 63 | 2,744 |
| 2017 | 88 | 2,168 |
| 2018 | 70 | 2,512 |
| 2019 | 59 | 2,825 |
| 2020 | 48 | 3,235 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,896 |
| 2022 | 54 | 3,044 |
| 2023 | 41 | 3,721 |
| 2024 | 45 | 3,469 |
| 2025 | 34 | 4,191 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 9 | 5,585 |
| 1992 | 9 | 5,722 |
| 1993 | 9 | 5,842 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,025 |
| 1996 | 8 | 6,603 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,310 |
| 1998 | 6 | 8,662 |
| 2001 | 8 | 7,656 |
| 2002 | 5 | 10,961 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,189 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11,758 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12,585 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,424 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,859 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 12 | 1,628 |
| 2004 | 18 | 1,252 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2007 | 14 | 1,741 |
| 2008 | 10 | 2,292 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 16 | 1,160 |
| 2005 | 14 | 1,377 |
| 2006 | 14 | 1,401 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2,741 |
| 2008 | 11 | 1,828 |
| 2009 | 16 | 1,425 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Christy

- Christy Turlington, American model
- Christy Carlson Romano, American actress (born 1984)
- Christy Canyon, American pornographic actress
- Christy Walton, American heiress, billionaire, and philanthropist
- Christy Hemme, American professional wrestling valet, semi-retired professional wrestler, ring announcer,
- Christy Chung, Canadian actress
- Christy Cabanne, American film director, screenwriter and actor (1888-1950)
- Christy Martin, American boxer
- Christy Gibson, Anglo-Dutch singer in Thailand
- Admiral T, French dancehall musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.