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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#3,64541—
2024#4,56030—
2023#3,27449—
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—
1965#328752—
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1948#1,54836—
1947#1,51039—
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1945#3,3888—
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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 2005

  • 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: #475 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,258 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #785 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,203 girlsMNIllinois: #586 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,358 girlsILWisconsin: #444 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,277 girlsWIMichigan: #601 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,643 girlsMINew York: #564 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 3,067 girlsNYMassachusetts: #624 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,070 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedORNevada: #470 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,932 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedSDIowa: #546 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,735 girlsIAIndiana: #445 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,322 girlsINOhio: #493 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,864 girlsOHPennsylvania: #597 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,657 girlsPANew Jersey: #607 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,383 girlsNJConnecticut: #503 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,847 girlsCTCalifornia: #813 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 5,237 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedUTColorado: #756 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,121 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedNEMissouri: #900 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,802 girlsMOKentucky: #357 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,790 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedWVVirginia: #572 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,373 girlsVAMaryland: #846 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,953 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedDEArizona: #895 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,075 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedNMKansas: #504 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,294 girlsKSArkansas: #434 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,758 girlsARTennessee: #400 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,942 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #576 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,027 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #527 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,492 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #671 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,334 girlsOKLouisiana: #325 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,514 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedMSAlabama: #351 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,518 girlsALGeorgia: #774 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,283 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedHITexas: #624 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 3,491 girlsTXFlorida: #500 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 2,678 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#325 · 1 in 1,514
  2. Alabama#351 · 1 in 1,518
  3. Kentucky#357 · 1 in 1,790
  4. Tennessee#400 · 1 in 1,942
  5. Arkansas#434 · 1 in 1,758

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#325131 in 1,514
Alabama#351131 in 1,518
Kentucky#357111 in 1,790
Tennessee#400161 in 1,942
Arkansas#43471 in 1,758
Wisconsin#444111 in 2,277
Indiana#445141 in 2,322
Nevada#47061 in 1,932
Washington#475131 in 2,258
Ohio#493201 in 2,864
Florida#500321 in 2,678
Connecticut#50351 in 2,847
Kansas#50461 in 2,294
South Carolina#52771 in 2,492
Iowa#54651 in 2,735
New York#564311 in 3,067
Virginia#572111 in 3,373
North Carolina#576151 in 3,027
Illinois#586201 in 3,358
Pennsylvania#597151 in 3,657
Michigan#601131 in 3,643
New Jersey#607121 in 3,383
Massachusetts#62471 in 4,070
Texas#624461 in 3,491
Oklahoma#67151 in 3,334
Colorado#75661 in 4,121
Georgia#774121 in 4,283
Minnesota#78551 in 5,203
California#813441 in 5,237
Maryland#84651 in 4,953
Arizona#89571 in 5,075
Missouri#90051 in 5,802
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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 2005

girls
#590
482 births · 1 in 3,834 girls

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #590Krista482
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 3,834 of them was named Krista, which outranked 96.9% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Krista
  1. #585Tiara487
  2. #588Araceli486
  3. #589Juliet484
  4. #590Krista482
  5. #591Alma481
  6. #591Kimora481
  7. #593Amira480
Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,271Mikalah#7,077 → #806
  2. ↑ 2,724Yuridia#3,689 → #965
  3. ↑ 2,236Naima#3,127 → #891
  4. ↑ 1,924Karol#2,742 → #818
  5. ↑ 1,125Karma#1,972 → #847
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Rhea#908 → #1,305
  2. ↓ 360Laisha#789 → #1,149
  3. ↓ 334Ashtyn#956 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 285Hunter#742 → #1,027
  5. ↓ 282Angeles#973 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 2005 →