Recorded 1886–2025 · United States
Christy was most popular in 1975, when 5,192 American babies were given the name — ranking #112 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,270, with 34 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 100,536 people named Christy.
Christy first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1886, which makes it about 139 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 123 of the 140 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 100,536 American births named Christy between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 92,824 are estimated to be alive today.
34 American babies were named Christy in 2025, ranking #7,270 that year.
Christy is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 42 births a year, against 99 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -57% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Christy is a girl’s name — 98.0% of the 100,536 Americans given it were girls and 2.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 1939 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 99% girls and 1% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 92,824 Americans named Christy are alive today — 92% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 50 years old, and half are between 45 and 56. That is a narrow band: Christy arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org