Crista
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #10,473
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 175 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,246since 1947
Crista over time
Rank among girls' names. Crista has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 |
| 2009 | #4,805 | 30 |
| 2008 | #5,013 | 29 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 |
| 2006 | #4,358 | 33 |
| 2005 | #3,876 | 37 |
| 2004 | #3,748 | 38 |
| 2003 | #2,707 | 58 |
| 2002 | #3,014 | 48 |
| 2001 | #3,198 | 43 |
| 2000 | #2,457 | 62 |
| 1999 | #2,438 | 59 |
| 1998 | #2,889 | 45 |
| 1997 | #2,283 | 59 |
| 1996 | #2,084 | 66 |
| 1995 | #2,101 | 64 |
| 1994 | #1,972 | 71 |
| 1993 | #1,590 | 96 |
| 1992 | #1,688 | 89 |
| 1991 | #1,628 | 92 |
| 1990 | #1,688 | 87 |
| 1989 | #1,373 | 110 |
| 1988 | #1,217 | 123 |
| 1987 | #1,363 | 100 |
| 1986 | #929 | 171 |
| 1985 | #1,138 | 126 |
| 1984 | #1,205 | 108 |
| 1983 | #1,311 | 92 |
| 1982 | #1,277 | 100 |
| 1981 | #1,220 | 107 |
| 1980 | #1,117 | 122 |
| 1979 | #1,085 | 126 |
| 1978 | #1,248 | 99 |
| 1977 | #1,286 | 91 |
| 1976 | #1,047 | 117 |
| 1975 | #1,066 | 110 |
| 1974 | #1,033 | 116 |
| 1973 | #943 | 128 |
| 1972 | #877 | 145 |
| 1971 | #802 | 175 |
| 1970 | #940 | 135 |
| 1969 | #1,325 | 73 |
| 1968 | #1,244 | 77 |
| 1967 | #1,732 | 44 |
| 1966 | #1,882 | 37 |
| 1965 | #1,950 | 35 |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 |
| 1963 | #1,787 | 42 |
| 1962 | #2,312 | 27 |
| 1961 | #2,359 | 26 |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 |
| 1959 | #1,985 | 32 |
| 1958 | #2,322 | 24 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
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| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Crista! It came in at #4,345, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1948–1949, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Crista is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#618 · 1 in 5,934
- Pennsylvania#621 · 1 in 6,685
- Indiana#651 · 1 in 6,981
- Florida#655 · 1 in 5,463
- Ohio#680 · 1 in 7,791
Best ever in a state: #371 in New Mexico, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Missouri | #618 | 5 | 1 in 5,934 |
| Pennsylvania | #621 | 10 | 1 in 6,685 |
| Indiana | #651 | 5 | 1 in 6,981 |
| Florida | #655 | 8 | 1 in 5,463 |
| Ohio | #680 | 9 | 1 in 7,791 |
| New Jersey | #681 | 6 | 1 in 6,268 |
| Texas | #1,197 | 7 | 1 in 13,635 |
| California | #1,282 | 9 | 1 in 15,180 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Crista
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 385 spots in 1970 (#1,325 → #940)
- Biggest drop: 434 spots in 1987 (#929 → #1,363)
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1971 at #802 (175 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1970–1973
- Highest: 1 in 9,508 girls born in 1971 were named Crista (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 186,485 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 29.3% of all girls named Crista (1,242) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 12 | #4,345 (1947) | #4,795 |
| 1950s | 156 | #1,985 (1959) | #3,048 |
| 1960s | 421 | #1,244 (1968) | #1,891 |
| 1970s | 1,242 | #802 (1971) | #1,033 |
| 1980s | 1,159 | #929 (1986) | #1,215 |
| 1990s | 728 | #1,590 (1993) | #2,036 |
| 2000s | 400 | #2,457 (2000) | #3,927 |
| 2010s | 128 | #5,063 (2011) | #9,111 |
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.
Crista in 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
More about 1974
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1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 12,651 of them was named Crista, which outranked 89.9% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,023Sybil117
- #1,023Toby117
- #1,023Viola117
- #1,033Crista116
- #1,033Bessie116
- #1,033Julianna116
- #1,033Lolita116
- #1,039Elvia115
- #1,039Shandra115
- #1,039Shara115
Tied with 5 names at #1,033; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.