Trista

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161 · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1984 · 1,215 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,459
since 1960

Trista over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Trista has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #214, 1984girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#12,1617
2023
2022
2021#10,2929
2020#8,40612
2019#6,17619
2018#7,40915
2017#4,81128
2016#4,85028
2015#3,53344
2014#3,77840
2013#2,93657
2012#2,49573
2011#1,953101
2010#1,556143
2009#1,342178
2008#1,160221
2007#1,024258
2006#815335
2005#745362
2004#531535
2003#505566
2002#967229
2001#1,311146
2000#1,540117
1999#1,378128
1998#1,145165
1997#1,133165
1996#862231
1995#1,045172
1994#1,115161
1993#1,063171
1992#890222
1991#850235
1990#744279
1989#696288
1988#566363
1987#492440
1986#401558#6,7215
1985#305789
1984#2141,215
1983#284823
1982#966153
1981#955153
1980#843185
1979#931158
1978#958145
1977#880163
1976#861158
1975#730201
1974#668225
1973#718201
1972#616255
1971#709215
1970#929138
1969#1,33872
1968#1,77644
1967#3,48414
1966#3,40014
1965#4,8318
1964#5,4747
1963#3,80112
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1961#6,5675
1960#6,3905
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First appearance
1960

The first year at least five girls were named Trista! It came in at #6,390, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1960–1962, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Trista is popular in 1982

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNHWashington: #663 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,503 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #333 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,659 girlsMNIllinois: #984 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,632 girlsILWisconsin: #359 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,142 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedINOhio: #914 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,912 girlsOHPennsylvania: #766 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,737 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,738 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 23,217 girlsCAUtah: #397 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,733 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMOKentucky: #507 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,750 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #465 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,225 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedHITexas: #1,173 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 12,993 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#333 · 1 in 2,659
  2. Wisconsin#359 · 1 in 3,142
  3. Utah#397 · 1 in 2,733
  4. Oklahoma#465 · 1 in 3,225
  5. Kentucky#507 · 1 in 4,750

Best ever in a state: #56 in West Virginia, 1984.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#333111 in 2,659
Wisconsin#359101 in 3,142
Utah#39761 in 2,733
Oklahoma#46571 in 3,225
Kentucky#50751 in 4,750
Washington#66351 in 5,503
Pennsylvania#76681 in 8,737
Ohio#91461 in 11,912
Illinois#98471 in 10,632
Texas#1,173101 in 12,993
California#1,73881 in 23,217
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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 Trista
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 682 spots in 1983 (#966#284)
  • Biggest drop: 271 spots in 1997 (#862#1,133)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1960
  • Peaked 1984 at #214 (1,215 births)
  • Births halved by 1986, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1970–1992
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,386
  • Highest: 1 in 1,386 girls born in 1984 were named Trista (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 39.9% of all girls named Trista (4,967) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s181#1,338 (1969)#4,118
1970s1,859#616 (1972)#800
1980s4,967#214 (1984)#572
1990s1,929#744 (1990)#1,023
2000s2,947#505 (2003)#994
2010s548#1,556 (2010)#3,950
2020s28#8,406 (2020)#10,286

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.

Trista in 1982

girls
#966
153 births · 1 in 11,067 girls

Top girls' names in 1982

  1. #1Jennifer57,120
  2. #2Jessica45,453
  3. #3Amanda34,214
  4. #4Sarah28,483
  5. #5Melissa25,864
  6. #6Nicole21,706
  7. #7Stephanie20,861
  8. #8Elizabeth20,506
  9. #9Crystal19,099
  10. #10Amy18,799
  11. #966Trista153
More about 1982

girls

1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 11,067 of them was named Trista, which outranked 92.2% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Trista
  1. #962Deanne154
  2. #962May154
  3. #962Sharita154
  4. #966Trista153
  5. #966Cristen153
  6. #966Jerri153
  7. #966Josefina153
  8. #972Aaron152
  9. #972Felisha152
  10. #972Iesha152

Tied with 5 names at #966; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. 1,715Kaleena#2,375#660
  2. 1,197Kala#1,958#761
  3. 1,094Chelsie#2,028#934
  4. 1,081Tenika#2,028#947
  5. 1,044Falon#1,958#914
Fallers
  1. 538Evita#779#1,317
  2. 517Martine#791#1,308
  3. 473Dusty#720#1,193
  4. 470Regan#991#1,461
  5. 401Windy#998#1,399

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

See the top 100 for 1982