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
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 1,215 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,459since 1960
Trista over time
Rank among girls' names. Trista has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,811 | 28 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,533 | 44 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,778 | 40 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,936 | 57 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,495 | 73 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,953 | 101 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,556 | 143 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,342 | 178 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,160 | 221 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,024 | 258 | — | |
| 2006 | #815 | 335 | — | |
| 2005 | #745 | 362 | — | |
| 2004 | #531 | 535 | — | |
| 2003 | #505 | 566 | — | |
| 2002 | #967 | 229 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,311 | 146 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,540 | 117 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,378 | 128 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,145 | 165 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,133 | 165 | — | |
| 1996 | #862 | 231 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,045 | 172 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,115 | 161 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,063 | 171 | — | |
| 1992 | #890 | 222 | — | |
| 1991 | #850 | 235 | — | |
| 1990 | #744 | 279 | — | |
| 1989 | #696 | 288 | — | |
| 1988 | #566 | 363 | — | |
| 1987 | #492 | 440 | — | |
| 1986 | #401 | 558 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #305 | 789 | — | |
| 1984 | #214 | 1,215 | — | |
| 1983 | #284 | 823 | — | |
| 1982 | #966 | 153 | — | |
| 1981 | #955 | 153 | — | |
| 1980 | #843 | 185 | — | |
| 1979 | #931 | 158 | — | |
| 1978 | #958 | 145 | — | |
| 1977 | #880 | 163 | — | |
| 1976 | #861 | 158 | — | |
| 1975 | #730 | 201 | — | |
| 1974 | #668 | 225 | — | |
| 1973 | #718 | 201 | — | |
| 1972 | #616 | 255 | — | |
| 1971 | #709 | 215 | — | |
| 1970 | #929 | 138 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,338 | 72 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,776 | 44 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | — | |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
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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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#191 · 1 in 924
- Minnesota#301 · 1 in 2,315
- Washington#451 · 1 in 3,165
- Oregon#484 · 1 in 3,357
- Wisconsin#541 · 1 in 6,118
Best ever in a state: #56 in West Virginia, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #191 | 5 | 1 in 924 |
| Minnesota | #301 | 12 | 1 in 2,315 |
| Washington | #451 | 8 | 1 in 3,165 |
| Oregon | #484 | 5 | 1 in 3,357 |
| Wisconsin | #541 | 5 | 1 in 6,118 |
| Ohio | #590 | 12 | 1 in 6,008 |
| Missouri | #638 | 5 | 1 in 6,458 |
| Florida | #717 | 8 | 1 in 5,859 |
| Michigan | #972 | 5 | 1 in 11,917 |
| Texas | #1,252 | 8 | 1 in 13,889 |
| California | #1,262 | 12 | 1 in 13,611 |
| New York | #1,424 | 6 | 1 in 16,487 |
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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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 682 spots in 1983 (#966 → #284)
- Biggest drop: 271 spots in 1997 (#862 → #1,133)
- Debuted 1960
- Peaked 1984 at #214 (1,215 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1970–1992
- 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%)
- 39.9% of all girls named Trista (4,967) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 181 | #1,338 (1969) | #4,118 |
| 1970s | 1,859 | #616 (1972) | #800 |
| 1980s | 4,967 | #214 (1984) | #572 |
| 1990s | 1,929 | #744 (1990) | #1,023 |
| 2000s | 2,947 | #505 (2003) | #994 |
| 2010s | 548 | #1,556 (2010) | #3,950 |
| 2020s | 28 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 10,160 of them was named Trista, which outranked 92.2% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #923Rebeca159
- #923Sharee159
- #923Sierra159
- #931Trista158
- #931Brian158
- #931Charisse158
- #931Cody158
- #940Gayle157
- #940India157
- #942Delores156
Tied with 8 names at #931; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.