Recorded 1944–2025 · United States
Misty was most popular in 1977, when 6,333 American babies were given the name — ranking #93 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,111, with 35 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 84,891 people named Misty.
Misty first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1944, which makes it about 81 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 81 of the 82 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 84,891 American births named Misty 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 81,215 are estimated to be alive today.
35 American babies were named Misty in 2025, ranking #7,111 that year.
Misty is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 30 births a year, against 60 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -49% 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 Misty is a girl’s name — 99.7% of the 84,891 Americans given it were girls and 0.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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 81,215 Americans named Misty are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 47 years old, and half are between 43 and 51. That is a narrow band: Misty 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