Chastidy
Feminine · “chastity”
Chastidy is Chastity spelled the way many Americans say it, with the t softened to a d. It is three syllables, and it carries an old virtue as its meaning.
How old is the name Chastidy?
Chastidy first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Chastidy alive today was born around 1982, making them about 43 years old. About 500 people named Chastidy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Chastidy most popular?
Chastidy peaked in 1974, reaching #2066 nationally. See the whole 1974 chart.
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Where it comes from
From castitas to Chastidy
The story of Chastidy
Chastity was one of the English virtue names, and it came back into American use when a famous television couple gave it to their daughter. In much of American speech a t between vowels is pronounced as a quick d, so that chastity can sound like chastidy, and some families wrote it that way. The record does not say more about who first chose the spelling.
Meaning
chastity, purity
From the English word chastity, from Latin castitas, purity. Chastidy is a spelling that writes the American flapped t as d.
How the name formed
- castitas
- chastity
- Chastidy
Pronouncing Chastidy
CHAS-tih-dee
Stress on the first syllable.
Nicknames for Chastidy
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1971
- Most girls named
- 197440 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2066reached in 1974
- Change vs 2005
- −14.3%6 in 2006, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Chastidys among us
people named Chastidy are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Chastidy sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Its meaning is clear.
- It is rare as a spelling.
- The meaning, sexual purity, is one some people will comment on.
- People will write Chastity.
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Frequently asked
- How many Chastidys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Chastidy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Chastidy in 2025?
- Chastidy is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Chastidy with classmates?
- Chastidy will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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