Misty
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Misty is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Misty mean?
English
A female given name from English, reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Misty a girl's or a boy's name?
Misty is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Misty in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Misty, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 25 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Misty than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Misty in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Misty in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 25 | #1,048 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Misty in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,066th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Misty, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 6,315 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.
Half of all the girls named Misty in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
Misty in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,075 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 52 | #3,177 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,712 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 66 | #2,679 |
| 2011 | 77 | #2,395 |
| 2010 | 68 | #2,642 |
| 2009 | 103 | #2,005 |
| 2008 | 85 | #2,295 |
| 2007 | 93 | #2,147 |
| 2006 | 111 | #1,833 |
| 2005 | 136 | #1,519 |
| 2004 | 129 | #1,541 |
| 2003 | 164 | #1,271 |
| 2002 | 166 | #1,212 |
| 2001 | 199 | #1,065 |
| 2000 | 242 | #903 |
| 1999 | 241 | #885 |
| 1998 | 308 | #717 |
| 1997 | 325 | #669 |
| 1996 | 369 | #619 |
| 1995 | 412 | #562 |
| 1994 | 488 | #510 |
| 1993 | 598 | #416 |
| 1992 | 741 | #351 |
| 1991 | 941 | #295 |
| 1990 | 996 | #279 |
| 1989 | 1,218 | #226 |
| 1988 | 1,408 | #194 |
| 1987 | 1,712 | #162 |
| 1986 | 1,971 | #145 |
| 1985 | 2,413 | #121 |
| 1984 | 2,792 | #98 |
| 1983 | 3,189 | #87 |
| 1982 | 4,071 | #74 |
| 1981 | 4,799 | #61 |
| 1980 | 5,541 | #49 |
| 1979 | 5,785 | #42 |
| 1978 | 5,834 | #43 |
| 1977 | 6,315 | #40 |
| 1976 | 5,906 | #46 |
| 1975 | 5,552 | #47 |
| 1974 | 4,439 | #66 |
| 1973 | 3,475 | #90 |
| 1972 | 2,425 | #125 |
| 1971 | 1,493 | #200 |
| 1970 | 1,151 | #266 |
| 1969 | 949 | #295 |
| 1968 | 841 | #305 |
| 1967 | 789 | #307 |
| 1966 | 680 | #342 |
| 1965 | 492 | #421 |
| 1964 | 431 | #467 |
| 1963 | 342 | #527 |
| 1962 | 293 | #574 |
| 1961 | 265 | #628 |
| 1960 | 212 | #701 |
| 1959 | 77 | #1,213 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,732 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,807 |
| 1956 | 26 | #2,150 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,838 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,778 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
Names like Misty
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Holly, Molly, Melody, Marnie, Amber, Ivy, Lily, Erin, Darcie, Mia, Lara, Autumn
Names related to Misty
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
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, “Misty: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/misty, updated 20 October 2026.