Cristy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KRIS-tee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Cristy is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Cristy mean?
Greek: pet form of Cristina or Christine
“follower of Christ”
A pet form of Cristina, Christine and similar names, from Greek christos, 'anointed'.
Is Cristy a girl's or a boy's name?
Cristy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cristy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Cristy, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1978, with 402 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.
Half of all the girls named Cristy in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 115 girls in the US were given Cristy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,538, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
In 2010, 84% of the babies named Cristy in the US were girls.
Cristy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,528 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 47 | #3,005 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 39 | #3,170 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 60 | #2,226 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,875 |
| 1994 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 1993 | 59 | #2,212 |
| 1992 | 80 | #1,794 |
| 1991 | 92 | #1,622 |
| 1990 | 104 | #1,489 |
| 1989 | 91 | #1,548 |
| 1988 | 122 | #1,225 |
| 1987 | 138 | #1,098 |
| 1986 | 177 | #909 |
| 1985 | 225 | #758 |
| 1984 | 237 | #701 |
| 1983 | 276 | #625 |
| 1982 | 244 | #710 |
| 1981 | 330 | #562 |
| 1980 | 288 | #633 |
| 1979 | 370 | #520 |
| 1978 | 402 | #484 |
| 1977 | 318 | #553 |
| 1976 | 329 | #532 |
| 1975 | 321 | #539 |
| 1974 | 322 | #522 |
| 1973 | 286 | #571 |
| 1972 | 273 | #586 |
| 1971 | 270 | #622 |
| 1970 | 238 | #668 |
| 1969 | 180 | #753 |
| 1968 | 141 | #861 |
| 1967 | 113 | #959 |
| 1966 | 87 | #1,135 |
| 1965 | 101 | #1,042 |
| 1964 | 108 | #1,042 |
| 1963 | 99 | #1,087 |
| 1962 | 87 | #1,177 |
| 1961 | 92 | #1,143 |
| 1960 | 98 | #1,086 |
| 1959 | 86 | #1,148 |
| 1958 | 77 | #1,210 |
| 1957 | 69 | #1,261 |
| 1956 | 66 | #1,278 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,536 |
| 1954 | 61 | #1,266 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,585 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,385 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,739 |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,549 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,273 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,952 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
Names like Cristy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amy Holly Stacy Nicole Kimberly Darcy Melissa Cassandra Penny Christina Angel Cindy
Other spellings of Cristy
Names related to Cristy
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from 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, “Cristy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cristy, updated 20 October 2026.