# Misty (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/misty/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 84,891 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 237 / 84,654 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 345, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the adjective misty, but sometimes also (like Missy) used as a nickname for Melissa.

## 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 | 77 | 2,409 |
| 2012 | 66 | 2,701 |
| 2013 | 40 | 3,829 |
| 2014 | 64 | 2,730 |
| 2015 | 52 | 3,202 |
| 2016 | 43 | 3,641 |
| 2017 | 40 | 3,822 |
| 2018 | 35 | 4,124 |
| 2019 | 35 | 4,131 |
| 2020 | 37 | 3,890 |
| 2021 | 32 | 4,387 |
| 2022 | 23 | 5,582 |
| 2023 | 25 | 5,215 |
| 2024 | 36 | 4,095 |
| 2025 | 35 | 4,140 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 12 | 3,074 |
| 1975 | 16 | 2,605 |
| 1976 | 20 | 2,305 |
| 1977 | 18 | 2,529 |
| 1978 | 20 | 2,345 |
| 1979 | 27 | 1,981 |
| 1980 | 20 | 2,500 |
| 1981 | 14 | 3,163 |
| 1982 | 10 | 4,133 |
| 1983 | 11 | 3,788 |
| 1984 | 14 | 3,219 |
| 1985 | 9 | 4,569 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,463 |
| 1987 | 8 | 5,289 |
| 1989 | 8 | 6,035 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Misty

- Misty Copeland, American ballet dancer
- Misty May-Treanor, American beach volleyball player
- Misty Stone, American pornographic film actress
- Misty Upham, American actress (1982-2014)
- Misty Hyman, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder
- Misty Rain, American pornographic actress

## 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.