Meaning and history
Christy is a diminutive of Christine, Christina, Christopher, and other names beginning with Christ. In Ireland, it is typically masculine, while elsewhere in the English-speaking world it is more often feminine, especially in the United States and Canada.
Christy moved from #815 to #961 for girls between 2002 and 2003. Its highest annual birth count came in 1975, with 5,168 births.