Name meaning & stats
Misty
Misty means “misty” (English origin). 84,891 US babies since 1940, peak 1977.
What it means
“misty”
EnglishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1977
84,891 US babies were named Misty between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Misty (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 88% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1977)