How popular is “Christy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Christy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Christy” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Christy” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Christy” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Christy” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Christy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Christy” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1886	5	0.000019584		5	-100%
1887	5	0.000020211	5		100%
1895	7	0.000019942		7	-100%
1898	5	0.000013108	5		100%
1899	5	0.000014739	5		100%
1900	7	0.000015547		7	-100%
1906	11	0.000025674	5	6	-9%
1908	5	0.000010232		5	-100%
1911	10	0.000015521		10	-100%
1912	5	0.00000506		5	-100%
1913	15	0.000013191	5	10	-33%
1914	25	0.000017651		25	-100%
1915	21	0.00001146		21	-100%
1916	33	0.000017059	6	27	-64%
1917	22	0.000010963	7	15	-36%
1918	33	0.0000152	8	25	-52%
1919	36	0.00001706		36	-100%
1920	27	0.000011933	6	21	-56%
1921	39	0.000016706		39	-100%
1922	45	0.000019658		45	-100%
1923	31	0.000013464	9	22	-42%
1924	46	0.000019315	8	38	-65%
1925	35	0.000015	7	28	-60%
1926	51	0.000022213	8	43	-69%
1927	41	0.000017677	9	32	-56%
1928	38	0.000016807	7	31	-63%
1929	39	0.000017791	11	28	-44%
1930	37	0.000016642	13	24	-30%
1931	33	0.000015682	5	28	-70%
1932	33	0.00001563	7	26	-58%
1933	29	0.000014504	8	21	-45%
1934	36	0.000017334	10	26	-44%
1935	42	0.000020097	19	23	-10%
1936	30	0.00001444	13	17	-13%
1937	22	0.000010325	6	16	-45%
1938	26	0.000011751	7	19	-46%
1939	39	0.0000177	24	15	23%
1940	45	0.000019542	30	15	33%
1941	63	0.000025858	38	25	21%
1942	110	0.000040266	93	17	69%
1943	99	0.000035075	79	20	60%
1944	90	0.000033456	69	21	53%
1945	101	0.000038071	82	19	62%
1946	207	0.000064783	181	26	75%
1947	299	0.000083002	276	23	85%
1948	298	0.000086314	270	28	81%
1949	458	0.000131429	421	37	84%
1950	506	0.000144433	478	28	89%
1951	597	0.000162064	565	32	89%
1952	786	0.000206951	747	39	90%
1953	648	0.000168153	619	29	91%
1954	685	0.00017208	659	26	92%
1955	869	0.000216434	835	34	92%
1956	885	0.000214648	859	26	94%
1957	986	0.000234642	957	29	94%
1958	1147	0.000277462	1116	31	95%
1959	1052	0.000253007	1023	29	94%
1960	1182	0.000284558	1164	18	97%
1961	1191	0.000287521	1163	28	95%
1962	1090	0.000270111	1068	22	96%
1963	1236	0.000312263	1209	27	96%
1964	1395	0.000358833	1374	21	97%
1965	1147	0.000316375	1128	19	97%
1966	1149	0.000330585	1136	13	98%
1967	1327	0.000390881	1314	13	98%
1968	2156	0.000638169	2139	17	98%
1969	3078	0.000885673	3052	26	98%
1970	3742	0.001037567	3714	28	99%
1971	3963	0.001154601	3931	32	98%
1972	4212	0.001340123	4189	23	99%
1973	4137	0.001371281	4121	16	99%
1974	5098	0.001676974	5067	31	99%
1975	5192	0.00171955	5168	24	99%
1976	4885	0.001609926	4853	32	99%
1977	4623	0.001455378	4602	21	99%
1978	4680	0.001474541	4661	19	99%
1979	4308	0.00129486	4286	22	99%
1980	3690	0.001071271	3673	17	99%
1981	2954	0.000853911	2943	11	99%
1982	2611	0.000744307	2598	13	99%
1983	1988	0.000574013	1974	14	99%
1984	2040	0.000584736	2028	12	99%
1985	1953	0.000547195	1941	12	99%
1986	1577	0.000443341	1555	22	97%
1987	1303	0.000361381	1293	10	98%
1988	1141	0.000308792	1129	12	98%
1989	1093	0.000284306	1093		100%
1990	982	0.000248452	974	8	98%
1991	807	0.000207175	798	9	98%
1992	729	0.000189781	720	9	98%
1993	617	0.000163648	608	9	97%
1994	642	0.00017269	637	5	98%
1995	574	0.000156738	574		100%
1996	551	0.000151075	543	8	97%
1997	409	0.000112804	403	6	97%
1998	398	0.000108205	392	6	97%
1999	335	0.000090691	335		100%
2000	362	0.00009577	362		100%
2001	309	0.000082545	301	8	95%
2002	290	0.000077576	285	5	97%
2003	243	0.000063908	243		100%
2004	233	0.00006098	228	5	96%
2005	228	0.0000593	223	5	96%
2006	189	0.000047773	189		100%
2007	148	0.000037021	148		100%
2008	157	0.000039942	157		100%
2009	121	0.000031674	121		100%
2010	131	0.000035446	126	5	92%
2011	133	0.000036361	128	5	92%
2012	103	0.000028162	103		100%
2013	84	0.000023041	84		100%
2014	90	0.000024282	85	5	89%
2015	83	0.000022427	83		100%
2016	63	0.000017172	63		100%
2017	88	0.000024607	88		100%
2018	70	0.00001991	70		100%
2019	59	0.000016998	59		100%
2020	54	0.000016165	48	6	78%
2021	38	0.000011216	38		100%
2022	53	0.000015666	53		100%
2023	41	0.000012382	41		100%
2024	45	0.00001352	45		100%

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