Misty is a girl's name of English origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 36 girls in the United States.
Misty belongs to the English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Misty first appears in Social Security records in 1944. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #40 in 1977, and in 2024 36 babies received the name — 84,619 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Misty is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its English origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Misty is a girl name. In 2024, 36 babies received the name in the US.
Misty comes from the English & American tradition.
Misty first appears in US records in 1944. Its best-ever ranking was #40 in 1977, and 36 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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