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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 3,054 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 73,715since 1937
Krista over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,645 | 41 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,560 | 30 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,274 | 49 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,073 | 53 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,250 | 49 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,682 | 62 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,651 | 65 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,387 | 76 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,144 | 89 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,033 | 97 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,677 | 127 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,746 | 119 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,529 | 143 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,307 | 180 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,276 | 186 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,110 | 222 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,024 | 255 | — | |
| 2008 | #890 | 312 | — | |
| 2007 | #807 | 355 | — | |
| 2006 | #695 | 408 | — | |
| 2005 | #590 | 482 | — | |
| 2004 | #541 | 528 | — | |
| 2003 | #440 | 680 | — | |
| 2002 | #474 | 595 | — | |
| 2001 | #449 | 621 | — | |
| 2000 | #408 | 695 | — | |
| 1999 | #366 | 806 | — | |
| 1998 | #317 | 944 | — | |
| 1997 | #268 | 1,078 | — | |
| 1996 | #221 | 1,312 | — | |
| 1995 | #202 | 1,467 | — | |
| 1994 | #182 | 1,627 | — | |
| 1993 | #166 | 1,896 | — | |
| 1992 | #150 | 2,028 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #155 | 1,911 | — | |
| 1990 | #145 | 2,144 | — | |
| 1989 | #137 | 2,224 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #112 | 2,566 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #108 | 2,550 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #93 | 3,054 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #134 | 2,183 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #133 | 2,170 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #142 | 2,043 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #173 | 1,695 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #153 | 1,848 | — | |
| 1980 | #121 | 2,531 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #130 | 2,212 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #156 | 1,733 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #155 | 1,762 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #162 | 1,593 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #159 | 1,695 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #152 | 1,808 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #143 | 1,954 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #142 | 2,049 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #134 | 2,412 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #136 | 2,589 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #227 | 1,321 | — | |
| 1968 | #256 | 1,049 | — | |
| 1967 | #291 | 863 | — | |
| 1966 | #300 | 846 | — | |
| 1965 | #328 | 752 | — | |
| 1964 | #390 | 613 | — | |
| 1963 | #421 | 527 | — | |
| 1962 | #457 | 447 | — | |
| 1961 | #527 | 344 | — | |
| 1960 | #550 | 314 | — | |
| 1959 | #562 | 302 | — | |
| 1958 | #636 | 239 | — | |
| 1957 | #631 | 238 | — | |
| 1956 | #615 | 241 | — | |
| 1955 | #592 | 241 | — | |
| 1954 | #619 | 216 | — | |
| 1953 | #688 | 172 | — | |
| 1952 | #717 | 154 | — | |
| 1951 | #779 | 129 | — | |
| 1950 | #827 | 111 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,121 | 65 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,510 | 39 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
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| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | — | |
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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 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Pennsylvania#927 · 1 in 5,188
- Indiana#1,032 · 1 in 5,582
- Ohio#1,438 · 1 in 9,454
Best ever in a state: #41 in Vermont, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #927 | 9 | 1 in 5,188 |
| Indiana | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 5,582 |
| Ohio | #1,438 | 5 | 1 in 9,454 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 915 spots since 2024 (#4,560 → #3,645)
- 963 spots since 2020 (#2,682 → #3,645)
- Biggest jump: 294 spots in 1950
- Biggest drop: 134 spots in 2009
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | #3,800 (1937) | #3,800 |
| 1940s | 187 | #1,121 (1949) | #2,574 |
| 1950s | 2,043 | #562 (1959) | #667 |
| 1960s | 7,076 | #227 (1969) | #375 |
| 1970s | 19,807 | #130 (1979) | #147 |
| 1980s | 22,864 | #93 (1986) | #131 |
| 1990s | 15,213 | #145 (1990) | #217 |
| 2000s | 4,931 | #408 (2000) | #632 |
| 2010s | 1,304 | #1,110 (2010) | #1,786 |
| 2020s | 284 | #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.
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