Given name & surname
Cristy
“follower of Christ”
Cristy is a variant of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cristy is a variant of Christina. One English interpretation is “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cristy is a variant of Christina. Christina has been associated with Latin and Middle English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cristy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,280
- 80 boys · 8,200 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 402 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,214 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +19%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,214 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 19.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 402 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,027 as a first name in 2020; 225 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cristy’s family of names
Cristy has a related form in Christina. Cristy has a related form in Christian.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cristy
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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