Name profile

Christy

This name is a diminutive of Christine, Christina, Christopher and other names beginning with Christ.

PronunciationEnglish /ˈkɹɪs.ti/
Usage languagesEnglish, Irish
US rank (2025)#4,172

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.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 189 births, rank #1,268
2007: 148 births, rank #1,544
2008: 157 births, rank #1,486
2009: 121 births, rank #1,785
2010: 126 births, rank #1,678
20112011: 128 births, rank #1,661
2012: 103 births, rank #1,918
2013: 84 births, rank #2,211
2014: 85 births, rank #2,213
2015: 83 births, rank #2,259
20162016: 63 births, rank #2,739
2017: 88 births, rank #2,160
2018: 70 births, rank #2,508
2019: 59 births, rank #2,814
2020: 48 births, rank #3,221
20212021: 38 births, rank #3,883
2022: 54 births, rank #3,033
2023: 41 births, rank #3,709
2024: 45 births, rank #3,459
20252025: 34 births, rank #4,172

Christy moved from #815 to #961 for girls between 2002 and 2003. Its highest annual birth count came in 1975, with 5,168 births.