Chasty
Derived from the name Chastity, meaning purity or innocence.
Name Census estimates that about 86 living Americans carry the first name Chasty. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Chasty today is around 43 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Chasty births was 1982 (14 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Chasty. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Chasty. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
86
~ 1 in 3,985,516 Americans
Peak year
1982
14 babies that year
Average age
43
years old
1995 SSA rank
#13,831
Tracked since 1975
Popularity
Chasty: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Chasty from the 1970s through to the 1990s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1970s, with 38 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 1970s peak, Chasty remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Chasty by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Chasty during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Chasty
The given name Chasty has its roots in the Latin language, specifically derived from the word "castitas," which means "purity" or "chastity." This name emerged during the early medieval period when Latin was the dominant language of scholarship and religion in Europe.
Chasty was initially used as a virtue name, reflecting the ideal of moral and sexual purity upheld by Christian teachings. In the Middle Ages, names with religious connotations were prevalent, and Chasty was often bestowed upon individuals as a reminder of the virtuous life they were expected to lead.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Chasty can be found in the 12th century chronicles of the Benedictine monk and chronicler, William of Malmesbury. He mentioned a nun named Chasty who lived in the abbey of Wilton, renowned for her pious and chaste conduct.
During the Renaissance era, the name Chasty gained popularity among the noble and aristocratic classes, who valued the virtue of chastity as a symbol of honor and integrity. Notable figures bearing this name include Chasty de Montfort (1274-1328), a French noblewoman and heiress to the Earldom of Leicester.
In the 17th century, Chasty was a favored name among Puritans in England and the American colonies. The Puritans placed great emphasis on moral purity and saw names like Chasty as a way to instill these values in their children. One notable bearer of this name was Chasty Winthrop (1608-1672), the daughter of Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop.
As the name spread across Europe, it took on various spellings and forms, such as Chastity, Castitas, and Kestity. In the 18th century, the German philosopher Immanuel Kant praised the virtue of chastity, further contributing to the popularity of the name Chasty in Germanic regions.
Other notable individuals named Chasty include Chasty Fairfax (1590-1655), an English noblewoman and writer; Chasty Browne (1672-1738), an English Quaker minister; and Chasty Leverett (1719-1788), an American diarist and the wife of Harvard College President John Leverett.
While the name Chasty has waned in popularity in modern times, it remains a part of the historical record, serving as a reminder of the significance placed on moral purity and virtue in various cultural and religious traditions throughout history.
People
Chasty + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Chasty as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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FAQ
Chasty: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Chasty?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 86 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Chasty going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 3,985,516 US residents.
Is Chasty a common name?
We classify Chasty as "Very Rare". It ranks above 62.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 92 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Chasty most popular?
The single biggest year for Chasty was 1982, when 14 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Chasty is about 43 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Chasty a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Chasty in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.