Christa
#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,089
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 1,513 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 32,843since 1912
Christa over time
Rank among girls' names. Christa has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,801 | 39 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,880 | 26 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,006 | 36 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,293 | 48 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,305 | 48 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,539 | 70 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,846 | 61 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,615 | 67 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,385 | 76 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,095 | 91 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,346 | 79 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,010 | 99 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,756 | 124 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,468 | 160 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,308 | 186 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,260 | 190 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,216 | 187 | — | |
| 2004 | #982 | 242 | — | |
| 2003 | #896 | 266 | — | |
| 2002 | #853 | 270 | — | |
| 2001 | #836 | 274 | — | |
| 2000 | #781 | 294 | — | |
| 1999 | #691 | 326 | — | |
| 1998 | #633 | 366 | — | |
| 1997 | #561 | 417 | — | |
| 1996 | #503 | 475 | — | |
| 1995 | #473 | 522 | — | |
| 1994 | #454 | 562 | — | |
| 1993 | #382 | 667 | — | |
| 1992 | #344 | 756 | — | |
| 1991 | #383 | 674 | — | |
| 1990 | #372 | 706 | — | |
| 1989 | #342 | 745 | — | |
| 1988 | #272 | 925 | — | |
| 1987 | #251 | 1,018 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #178 | 1,513 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #343 | 683 | — | |
| 1984 | #319 | 740 | — | |
| 1983 | #352 | 640 | — | |
| 1982 | #360 | 640 | — | |
| 1981 | #316 | 746 | — | |
| 1980 | #252 | 1,021 | — | |
| 1979 | #238 | 1,080 | — | |
| 1978 | #262 | 892 | — | |
| 1977 | #277 | 861 | — | |
| 1976 | #252 | 937 | — | |
| 1975 | #244 | 1,010 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #269 | 946 | — | |
| 1973 | #238 | 1,083 | — | |
| 1972 | #243 | 1,121 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #237 | 1,250 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #255 | 1,213 | — | |
| 1969 | #363 | 640 | — | |
| 1968 | #410 | 519 | — | |
| 1967 | #503 | 353 | — | |
| 1966 | #526 | 321 | — | |
| 1965 | #582 | 270 | — | |
| 1964 | #593 | 280 | — | |
| 1963 | #604 | 273 | — | |
| 1962 | #657 | 238 | — | |
| 1961 | #715 | 210 | — | |
| 1960 | #761 | 179 | — | |
| 1959 | #753 | 182 | — | |
| 1958 | #776 | 166 | — | |
| 1957 | #812 | 155 | — | |
| 1956 | #761 | 164 | — | |
| 1955 | #788 | 148 | — | |
| 1954 | #921 | 109 | — | |
| 1953 | #906 | 107 | — | |
| 1952 | #897 | 106 | — | |
| 1951 | #996 | 88 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,082 | 72 | — | |
| 1949 | #909 | 95 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,070 | 68 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,337 | 47 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,508 | 34 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,514 | 29 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,867 | 21 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,625 | 27 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,497 | 30 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,518 | 26 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,881 | 18 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,708 | 12 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | — | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | — | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Christa! It came in at #2,360, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Christa
- 705 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #6,546)
- 1,666 spots since 2020 (#4,880 → #6,546)
- 3,700 spots since 2015 (#2,846 → #6,546)
- Biggest jump: 165 spots in 1986 (#343 → #178)
- Biggest drop: 234 spots in 2005 (#982 → #1,216)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1986 at #178 (1,513 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1951–2004
- Highest: 1 in 1,134 girls born in 1986 were named Christa (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.6% of all girls named Christa (10,393) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 60 | #2,360 (1912) | #2,946 |
| 1920s | 104 | #2,212 (1924) | #3,223 |
| 1930s | 163 | #1,518 (1934) | #2,118 |
| 1940s | 392 | #909 (1949) | #1,504 |
| 1950s | 1,297 | #753 (1959) | #869 |
| 1960s | 3,283 | #363 (1969) | #571 |
| 1970s | 10,393 | #237 (1971) | #252 |
| 1980s | 8,671 | #178 (1986) | #299 |
| 1990s | 5,471 | #344 (1992) | #480 |
| 2000s | 2,193 | #781 (2000) | #1,136 |
| 2010s | 675 | #2,010 (2010) | #2,744 |
| 2020s | 141 | #3,801 (2021) | #5,653 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Christa in 1971
Top girls' names in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
girls
1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 1,331 of them was named Christa, which outranked 97.5% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 294,741 of them was named Christa, which outranked 22.6% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,963Zechariah7
- #3,963Zeferino7
- #3,963Zerrick7
- #4,375Christa6
- #4,375Abelino6
- #4,375Absalom6
- #4,375Acey6
- #4,907Abdel5
- #4,907Abiel5
- #4,907Achille5
Tied with 531 names at #4,375; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.