girl's name
Christy
KRIS-tee
- Origin English
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 7
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 102,622
Northern Ireland
#459
2023 births
Christy serves both Christine and Christopher, so it is used for both sexes — 98 percent of the births in our records are female, but the masculine use remains ordinary in Ireland. It peaked in 1975, and holds 102,071 lifetime births.
- Christy is a name of English origin.
- Peaked in 1975, when 5,192 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 97,513 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1886.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Christy over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 |
| 1890s | 17 |
| 1900s | 23 |
| 1910s | 200 |
| 1920s | 392 |
| 1930s | 327 |
| 1940s | 1,770 |
| 1950s | 8,161 |
| 1960s | 14,951 |
| 1970s | 44,840 |
| 1980s | 20,350 |
| 1990s | 6,044 |
| 2000s | 2,281 |
| 2010s | 904 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 266 |
What Christy means
Christy means a follower of Christ through Christine, or Christ-bearer through Christopher. Both trace to Christos, the anointed one, by different Greek compounds. The sense passes into the modern name unchanged.
Where Christy comes from
Christy shortens Christine, the Latin Christiana, a Christian, and Christopher, the Greek Christophoros — Christos joined to pherein, to carry, understood as bearing Christ in the heart before the giant-and-river legend was invented to explain it literally. Christos itself translates the Hebrew mashiach, the anointed one, referring to the oil poured at a coronation. In Ireland Christy is an ordinary man's name, which is where most of the masculine use in our records comes from.
Christy in use
Christy peaked in the United States in 1975, when 5,192 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It charts in four of the seven markets we track — 1013th in Ireland on 3 births, 4234th in the United States on 34, 6792nd in France and 7263rd in England and Wales — across 102,622 lifetime births. About 98 percent of recorded births are female.
How popular is Christy?
In 2025, Christy was given to 34 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Christy is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Christy
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Christy also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Christy over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Christy in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Christy
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Christy — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Christy
What does the name Christy mean?
A follower of Christ through Christine, or Christ-bearer through Christopher.
Is Christy a boys' name?
In Ireland it is an ordinary man's name. About 98 percent of the births in our records are female.
Is it Christy or Christie?
Both are used, along with Kristy.
How popular is Christy?
4234th in the United States, down from a 1975 peak of 5,192 births.
How many syllables are in Christy?
Christy has 2 syllables.
Is Christy a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Christy currently ranks #1,013 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.