Kristy

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kristy: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kristy: Recorded since 1974, it reached #8 in 1980, and it was last ranked in 2018.

4registrars recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#8highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for
3names it appears alongside

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2018

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#620
1997	#604
1998	#683
1999	#752
2000	#876
2001	#1439
2002	#2301
2003	#2191
2004	#3197
2005	#2438
2006	#2509
2007	#3218
2008	#3860
2009	#5556
2010	#4688
2011	#5785
2012	#3285
2014	#4684
2018	#5666

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 23 years from 1996 to 2018.

In 1999: #439 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #752 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1974–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #64 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1974–1992
Highest recorded position: #8 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1980 (recorded 1974–1992).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #5666 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Girls

Kristy appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 1974, and has registered 5,299 births with the name.

Kristy across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kristy's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#620 (1996)	#604 (1997)	#5666 (2018)	19 of 23	255 (1996–2018)	42 (1997)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#64 (1974)	#8 (1980)	#97 (1992)	19 of 19	5,299 (1974–1992)	526 (1980)
New Zealand · Girls	#79 (1978)	#79 (1978)	#99 (1981)	3 of 4	172 (1978–1981)	63 (1978)

Kristy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kristy in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	146	4 of 10	37
2000sbusiest	88	10 of 10	9
2010s	21	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kristy appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1974 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #8 in New South Wales, Australia in 1981.

Kristy's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#876	25	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#752	30	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#683	35	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#604	42	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#620	39	High	Verified
1992	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	92	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	female	#85	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	female	#45	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	female	#49	148	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	female	#32	198	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	female	#35	196	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	female	#27	239	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	253	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	female	#24	300	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	female	#18	352	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	female	#12	446	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	female	#8	524	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	female	#8	526	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	female	#11	452	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	female	#11	436	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	female	#16	345	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	female	#30	254	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	136	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New Zealand	female	#99	48	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	female	#84	61	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	female	#79	63	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1974 and 2018, ranked in 38 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #8, first reached in 1980.

It held a top-100 place in 19 years, 19 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 526 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1980.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1978, and 25 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kristopher · #227, 37y
Kristupas · #387, 17y
Kriti · #2887, 13y
Kritika · #2717, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eabha · #13, 33y
Calum · #21, 34y
Rhonda · #21, 37y
Rian · #22, 36y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Ashleigh · #8, 44y
Aimee · #9, 49y
Mitchell · #9, 46y
Amalie · #6, 45y

Comparisons involving Kristy

Existing comparison pages where Kristy and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Order changes

Pairs where Kristy and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Jessica vs Kristy
In 1982, Jessica moved ahead of Kristy in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #21 and #8 the year before became #7 and #12.
Jessica · Kristy · 17 shared years, 1976–1992 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1982 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Amy vs Kristy
In 1982, Amy moved ahead of Kristy in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #9 and #8 the year before became #8 and #12.
Amy · Kristy · 18 shared years, 1975–1992 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1982 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Kristy vs Jane
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Kristy moved into the top 50 at #30 in 1976 as Jane fell out of it to #52, having been #49 the year before.
Kristy · Jane · 11 shared years, 1974–1984 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1976 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Kristy was ranked #8 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1980. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kristy and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kristy without appearing here.

Kristy moved ahead of

Kylie Compare
In 1988 they stood at #32 and #23 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls; by 1989 that had become #49 and #82.
Sandra Compare
In 1975 they stood at #55 and #53 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls; by 1976 that had become #30 and #60.
Deborah Compare
In 1975 they stood at #55 and #48 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls; by 1976 that had become #30 and #56.
Jane Compare
In 1975 they stood at #55 and #49 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls; by 1976 that had become #30 and #52.

Moved ahead of Kristy

Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2509 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2326.
Shea Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3285 and #4171 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2901.
Ezra Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4688 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #3185.
Francis Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3285 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #3178.

Moved the opposite way to Kristy

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Kristy went from #620 to #5666 while Ada went from #2683 to #65.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Kristy went from #620 to #5666 while Alma went from #2096 to #362.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Kristy went from #620 to #5666 while Alyssa went from #783 to #229.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Kristy went from #620 to #5666 while Amalie went from #2096 to #826.

Moved the same way as Kristy

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Kristy went from #620 to #5666 and Abigail from #21 to #77.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Kristy went from #620 to #5666 and Aimee from #70 to #587.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Kristy went from #620 to #5666 and Aisling from #440 to #2340.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Kristy went from #620 to #5666 and Alex from #161 to #1586.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1974 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #8 in New South Wales, Australia in 1981. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kristy

Kristy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kristy across 3 official records

Kristy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kristy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Comparisons involving Kristy

Order changes

Names published alongside Kristy

Kristy and the names beside it

Kristy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kristy

Moved the opposite way to Kristy

Moved the same way as Kristy

Kristy at a glance

Kristy across 3 official records

Kristy by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kristy appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Comparisons involving Kristy

Order changes

Names published alongside Kristy

Kristy and the names beside it

Kristy moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kristy

Moved the opposite way to Kristy

Moved the same way as Kristy