Christy

Gender: Mostly boys
Say it: KRIS-tee
Origin: Greek
UK rank, 2025: #5,065 for boys
US rank, 2025: #4,171 for girls

Christy is a name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).

What does Christy mean?

Greek: pet form of Christopher, Christine or Christina

“follower of Christ”

Christy Mahon is the hero of J. M. Synge's play The Playboy of the Western World.

Is Christy a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Christy has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 3 boys in the UK and 34 girls in the US.

How popular is Christy in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #5,065among boys
Babies in 2025: 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend: Rising fastup 133% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Christy, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 35 boys. 3 girls were also named Christy in 2025 (5,990th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Christy in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2016, 83% of the babies named Christy in the UK were girls.

Among boys in 2025, it was 762nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 35 in 19972025

Christy in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	3	#5,065
2024	4	#4,346
2023	7	#2,965
2022	0	–
2021	7	#2,886
2020	4	#4,025
2019	2	#6,181
2018	0	–
2017	0	–
2016	2	#6,340
2015	1	#6,220
2014	8	#2,593
2013	5	#3,466
2012	5	#3,572
2011	15	#1,619
2010	8	#2,534
2009	20	#1,290
2008	18	#1,378
2007	10	#1,987
2006	14	#1,487
2005	22	#1,063
2004	17	#1,183
2003	13	#1,328
2002	11	#1,384
2001	15	#1,103
2000	12	#1,235
1999	20	#870
1998	21	#818
1997	35	#566
1996	21	#768

How popular is Christy in the US?

Rank in 2025: #4,171among girls
Babies in 2025: 34about 1 in 47,000 girls
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 32% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Christy, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. Its busiest year was 1975, with 5,168 girls. It first appears in the records in 1887.

2025 had fewer girls named Christy than any year since 1940.

Half of all the girls named Christy in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 115 girls in the US were given Christy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,538, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.

Christy 34
Kristy 25
Cristy 15
Christie 14
Kristi 14
Kristie 8
Cristi 5

In 1916, 18% of the babies named Christy in the US were girls. By 2020 it was 89%, with more girls than boys since 1939.

1887Busiest: 5,168 in 19752025

Christy in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	34	#4,171
2024	45	#3,459
2023	41	#3,707
2022	54	#3,033
2021	38	#3,881
2020	48	#3,221
2019	59	#2,814
2018	70	#2,508
2017	88	#2,160
2016	63	#2,739
2015	83	#2,259
2014	85	#2,213
2013	84	#2,211
2012	103	#1,918
2011	128	#1,661
2010	126	#1,678
2009	121	#1,785
2008	157	#1,486
2007	148	#1,544
2006	189	#1,268
2005	223	#1,067
2004	228	#1,023
2003	243	#958
2002	285	#812
2001	301	#785
2000	362	#667
1999	335	#677
1998	392	#613
1997	403	#575
1996	543	#461
1995	574	#449
1994	637	#395
1993	608	#409
1992	720	#357
1991	798	#332
1990	974	#286
1989	1,093	#245
1988	1,129	#233
1987	1,293	#207
1986	1,555	#174
1985	1,941	#151
1984	2,028	#145
1983	1,974	#146
1982	2,598	#115
1981	2,943	#99
1980	3,673	#83
1979	4,286	#72
1978	4,661	#59
1977	4,602	#59
1976	4,853	#60
1975	5,168	#53
1974	5,067	#57
1973	4,121	#73
1972	4,190	#74
1971	3,930	#89
1970	3,714	#105
1969	3,052	#116
1968	2,139	#151
1967	1,314	#223
1966	1,136	#251
1965	1,128	#254
1964	1,374	#235
1963	1,209	#254
1962	1,068	#275
1961	1,163	#263
1960	1,164	#262
1959	1,023	#277
1958	1,116	#261
1957	957	#293
1956	859	#303
1955	835	#303
1954	659	#329
1953	619	#334
1952	747	#296
1951	565	#333
1950	478	#361
1949	421	#383
1948	270	#494
1947	276	#494
1946	181	#592
1945	82	#830
1944	69	#925
1943	79	#879
1942	93	#789
1941	38	#1,222
1940	30	#1,374
1939	24	#1,544
1938	7	#3,448
1937	6	#3,798
1936	13	#2,262
1935	19	#1,779
1934	10	#2,740
1933	8	#3,108
1932	7	#3,566
1931	5	#4,329
1930	13	#2,424
1929	11	#2,736
1928	7	#3,741
1927	9	#3,282
1926	8	#3,563
1925	7	#4,027
1924	8	#3,663
1923	9	#3,349
1922	0	–
1921	0	–
1920	6	#4,396
1919	0	–
1918	8	#3,511
1917	7	#3,711
1916	6	#3,917
1915	0	–
1914	0	–
1913	5	#3,185
1912	0	–
1911	0	–
1910	0	–
1909	0	–
1908	0	–
1907	0	–
1906	5	#1,951
1905	0	–
1904	0	–
1903	0	–
1902	0	–
1901	0	–
1900	0	–
1899	5	#1,595
1898	5	#1,699
1897	0	–
1896	0	–
1895	0	–
1894	0	–
1893	0	–
1892	0	–
1891	0	–
1890	0	–
1889	0	–
1888	0	–
1887	5	#1,147

Names like Christy

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Billy Harry Thomas William Charles Robert James Leon Peter Joseph Tommy Lewis

Other spellings of Christy

Kristy Cristy Christie Kristi Kristie Cristi

Names related to Christy

Christa Christo Christ Christi Chrisette Christia Crista

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Christy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/christy, updated 20 October 2026.