Krista

#3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #7,422
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1986 · 3,054 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · girls
73,715
since 1937

Krista over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #93, 1986girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#3,64541—
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2022#3,07353—
2021#3,25049—
2020#2,68262—
2019#2,65165—
2018#2,38776—
2017#2,14489—
2016#2,03397—
2015#1,677127—
2014#1,746119—
2013#1,529143—
2012#1,307180—
2011#1,276186—
2010#1,110222—
2009#1,024255—
2008#890312—
2007#807355—
2006#695408—
2005#590482—
2004#541528—
2003#440680—
2002#474595—
2001#449621—
2000#408695—
1999#366806—
1998#317944—
1997#2681,078—
1996#2211,312—
1995#2021,467—
1994#1821,627—
1993#1661,896—
1992#1502,028#7,4226
1991#1551,911—
1990#1452,144—
1989#1372,224#6,2297
1988#1122,566#7,2705
1987#1082,550#4,5739
1986#933,054#3,88211
1985#1342,183#5,7856
1984#1332,170#4,2159
1983#1422,043#3,88410
1982#1731,695#5,0037
1981#1531,848—
1980#1212,531#4,9407
1979#1302,212#6,0565
1978#1561,733#3,8579
1977#1551,762#4,1648
1976#1621,593#4,4187
1975#1591,695#5,4645
1974#1521,808#3,8378
1973#1431,954#5,1015
1972#1422,049#2,81912
1971#1342,412#4,9075
1970#1362,589#3,8367
1969#2271,321—
1968#2561,049—
1967#291863—
1966#300846—
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First appearance
1937

The first year at least five girls were named Krista! It came in at #3,800, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1938–1942, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Krista is popular in 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedNHWashington: #358 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,165 girlsWAIdaho: #236 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,284 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #427 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,992 girlsMNIllinois: #508 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 7,120 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedWIMichigan: #450 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,844 girlsMINew York: #728 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 13,367 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedSDIowa: #379 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,629 girlsIAIndiana: #456 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,104 girlsINOhio: #439 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,998 girlsOHPennsylvania: #647 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 12,558 girlsPANew Jersey: #563 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,529 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #915 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 15,942 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedUTColorado: #341 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,479 girlsCONebraska: #309 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,887 girlsNEMissouri: #529 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,235 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #389 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,195 girlsWVVirginia: #501 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,791 girlsVAMaryland: #335 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,521 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedNMKansas: #372 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,662 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedHITexas: #863 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 12,447 girlsTXFlorida: #598 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,530 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#236 · 1 in 1,284
  2. Nebraska#309 · 1 in 2,887
  3. Maryland#335 · 1 in 3,521
  4. Colorado#341 · 1 in 2,479
  5. Washington#358 · 1 in 3,165

Best ever in a state: #41 in Vermont, 1975.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#23651 in 1,284
Nebraska#30951 in 2,887
Maryland#33581 in 3,521
Colorado#34171 in 2,479
Washington#35891 in 3,165
Kansas#37261 in 3,662
Iowa#37961 in 4,629
West Virginia#38951 in 4,195
Minnesota#42761 in 5,992
Ohio#439171 in 5,998
Michigan#450151 in 5,844
Indiana#45681 in 6,104
Virginia#50161 in 6,791
Illinois#508141 in 7,120
Missouri#52961 in 7,235
New Jersey#56351 in 10,529
Florida#59851 in 7,530
Pennsylvania#64791 in 12,558
New York#728121 in 13,367
Texas#86391 in 12,447
California#91591 in 15,942
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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 Krista
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 915 spots since 2024 (#4,560 → #3,645)
  • 963 spots since 2020 (#2,682 → #3,645)
  • 1,968 spots since 2015 (#1,677 → #3,645)
  • Biggest jump: 294 spots in 1950 (#1,121 → #827)
  • Biggest drop: 134 spots in 2009 (#890 → #1,024)
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1937
  • Peaked 1986 at #93 (3,054 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 1986
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1950–2008
Share of babies · girls
1 in 562
  • Highest: 1 in 562 girls born in 1986 were named Krista (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 39,202 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 31.0% of all girls named Krista (22,864) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s6#3,800 (1937)#3,800
1940s187#1,121 (1949)#2,574
1950s2,043#562 (1959)#667
1960s7,076#227 (1969)#375
1970s19,807#130 (1979)#147
1980s22,864#93 (1986)#131
1990s15,213#145 (1990)#217
2000s4,931#408 (2000)#632
2010s1,304#1,110 (2010)#1,786
2020s284#2,682 (2020)#3,414

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.

Krista in 1954

girls
#619
216 births · 1 in 8,990 girls

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #619Krista216
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 8,990 of them was named Krista, which outranked 90.7% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Krista
  1. #616Geralyn217
  2. #616Kristen217
  3. #616Michael217
  4. #619Krista216
  5. #620Joe215
  6. #620Nan215
  7. #622Helena214
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1954 →