Christy

given name · Latin script

Meaning: chromium

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈkɹɪsti/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Christy is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 2.7K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CACanada≈1 in 3.1K
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 3.2K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

91,660 people, 2020

Sources
559 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Singapore, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

chromium

Sources 1

  • Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Christy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Christy is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#40491,6601 in 3.6K91KChristy559
NG Nigeria#612≈67,000 est.≈1 in 3.2K—Christy77
PH Philippines#884≈24,000 est.≈1 in 4.6K—Christy102
GB United Kingdom#553≈15,000 est.≈1 in 4.3K5Christy194
CA Canada#447≈12,000 est.≈1 in 3.1K6Christy199
DZ Algeria—≈11,000 est.≈1 in 3.9K—Christy5
SG Singapore#293≈2,300 est.≈1 in 2.7K—Christy66

91,660 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); the ca-statcan-baby-names register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Christy is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Brazil, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

    Also written Chrïsty, Çhristy, Çhrïsty, Chrïstÿ

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Congo - Kinshasa, Canada

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Čhŕïstý

  • Indonesian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Philippines

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Christy', 'Christy, Çhrīštÿ

  • Greek given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Cyprus

    Also written Kristi, Christie, Kristie, Cristi, Κρίστι

59 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Christy is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, element

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In Irish, A Scottish name fairly numerous in Ulster. Woulfe gives Mac Críosta as the Irish form, but it is not a Mac name in Scotland

    as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland

  • Scottish, Irish, and English: variant spelling of CHRISTIE .

    as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Christy Cabanne, b. 1888Christy Brown, b. 1932Christy Moore, b. 1945Christy Walton, b. 1949Christy Marx, b. 1952Christy Canyon, b. 1966Christy Turlington, b. 1969Christy Chung, b. 1970Christy Lemire, b. 1972Christy Carlson Romano, b. 1984

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Christy,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 73 sources across 40 countries.

Official registers attesting Christy
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202091K#581
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020849#581
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202534—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)20236—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20206—
GB United KingdomNRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present)20105#571
GB United KingdomNRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present)20074#501
GB United KingdomNISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present)20233#395

Reference works 6

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Christy mean, and where does it come from?
chromium Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
Is Christy a male or female name?
Christy is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Christy?
In the etymology graph, Chris, Christina and Tina are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Christine and Kristina.
How common is the name Christy?
In the United States, the national register counted 91,660 people named Christy in 2020, about 1 in 3.6 thousand residents.
How common is Christy compared with other names?
In the United States, Christy is the 404th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
How do you pronounce Christy?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkɹɪsti/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Christy have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 92 thousand people named Christy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled christy.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Christy” — the 404th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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