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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #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 1997

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedILWisconsin: #654 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,006 girlsWIMichigan: #742 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,774 girlsMINew York: #1,532 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,429 girlsNYMassachusetts: 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: #170 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 608 girlsSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedIAIndiana: #714 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,466 girlsINOhio: #694 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,622 girlsOHPennsylvania: #777 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,474 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,076 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 24,761 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedUTColorado: #694 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,190 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNEMissouri: #661 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,920 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedKYWest 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: #868 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,615 girlsAZNew 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: #592 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,364 girlsOKLouisiana: #578 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,607 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,072 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,554 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedHITexas: #2,030 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 23,315 girlsTXFlorida: #1,314 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,225 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#170 · 1 in 608
  2. Louisiana#578 · 1 in 3,607
  3. Oklahoma#592 · 1 in 3,364
  4. Wisconsin#654 · 1 in 5,006
  5. Missouri#661 · 1 in 4,920

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#17051 in 608
Louisiana#57861 in 3,607
Oklahoma#59251 in 3,364
Wisconsin#65451 in 5,006
Missouri#66161 in 4,920
Colorado#69451 in 4,190
Ohio#694111 in 5,622
Indiana#71461 in 5,466
Michigan#74291 in 5,774
Pennsylvania#77791 in 6,474
Arizona#86851 in 5,615
Georgia#1,07251 in 8,554
Florida#1,31461 in 12,225
New York#1,53271 in 14,429
Texas#2,03061 in 23,315
California#2,07691 in 24,761
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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 1997

girls
#1,133
165 births · 1 in 10,550 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #1,133Trista165
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 10,550 of them was named Trista, which outranked 93.0% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Trista
  1. #1,130Kristal166
  2. #1,130Shelly166
  3. #1,130Sherry166
  4. #1,133Trista165
  5. #1,133Brieanna165
  6. #1,133Camilla165
  7. #1,133Fernanda165
  8. #1,139Anabel164
  9. #1,139Jaelyn164
  10. #1,139Katheryn164

Tied with 5 names at #1,133; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 9,582Yulisa#10,567#985
  2. 3,882Yulissa#4,306#424
  3. 2,634Tea#3,429#795
  4. 2,046Taya#2,901#855
  5. 1,202Julisa#1,930#728
Fallers
  1. 931Yamilex#707#1,638
  2. 477Suzette#998#1,475
  3. 457Chynna#834#1,291
  4. 396Moesha#547#943
  5. 377Daijah#975#1,352

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

See the top 100 for 1997