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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #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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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 2006

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: #831 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,373 girlsMNIllinois: #1,123 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,572 girlsILWisconsin: #808 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,036 girlsWIMichigan: #707 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,291 girlsMINew York: #597 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 3,328 girlsNYMassachusetts: #647 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,061 girlsMARhode 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: #208 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 636 girlsSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedIAIndiana: #444 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,206 girlsINOhio: #643 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,093 girlsOHPennsylvania: #474 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,635 girlsPANew Jersey: #633 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,701 girlsNJConnecticut: #512 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,750 girlsCTCalifornia: #816 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 5,217 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedNEMissouri: #586 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,299 girlsMOKentucky: #384 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,846 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedWVVirginia: #723 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,207 girlsVAMaryland: #610 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,143 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedDEArizona: #882 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,786 girlsAZNew Mexico: #451 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,685 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedARTennessee: #860 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,297 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #861 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,233 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #574 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,707 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #298 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,333 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedALGeorgia: #706 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,845 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Krista, so not publishedHITexas: #648 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 3,693 girlsTXFlorida: #793 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,951 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#208 · 1 in 636
  2. Louisiana#298 · 1 in 1,333
  3. Kentucky#384 · 1 in 1,846
  4. Indiana#444 · 1 in 2,206
  5. New Mexico#451 · 1 in 1,685

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#20851 in 636
Louisiana#298151 in 1,333
Kentucky#384111 in 1,846
Indiana#444151 in 2,206
New Mexico#45151 in 1,685
Pennsylvania#474211 in 2,635
Connecticut#51251 in 2,750
South Carolina#57471 in 2,707
Missouri#58691 in 3,299
New York#597291 in 3,328
Maryland#61081 in 3,143
New Jersey#633111 in 3,701
Ohio#643141 in 4,093
Massachusetts#64771 in 4,061
Texas#648451 in 3,693
Georgia#706141 in 3,845
Michigan#707111 in 4,291
Virginia#72391 in 4,207
Florida#793181 in 4,951
Wisconsin#80851 in 5,036
California#816451 in 5,217
Minnesota#83151 in 5,373
Tennessee#86061 in 5,297
North Carolina#86191 in 5,233
Arizona#88281 in 4,786
Illinois#1,12391 in 7,572
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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 2006

girls
#695
408 births · 1 in 4,660 girls

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #695Krista408
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 4,660 of them was named Krista, which outranked 96.5% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Krista
  1. #690Mariam410
  2. #693Kaylyn409
  3. #693Tianna409
  4. #695Krista408
  5. #695Kaia408
  6. #695Ryann408
  7. #698Keely407
  8. #699Celia406
  9. #700Ayana405

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 2006 →