as a First Name
Modern coinage, apparently from the vocabulary word, a derivative of mist ‘thin fog’ (Old English mist).
| 465th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 113,839
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Oklahoma
- has the most people named Misty per capita
- 1977
- marked the height of its popularity
99.98%
0.02%
0.03%
55+
55+
75%
30-54
30-54
22%
13-29
13-29
3%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
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