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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #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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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—
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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 1988

  • 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: #503 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,489 girlsWAIdaho: #152 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 654 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #144 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 679 girlsNDMinnesota: #189 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,200 girlsMNIllinois: #522 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,879 girlsILWisconsin: #308 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,204 girlsWIMichigan: #496 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,102 girlsMINew York: #834 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 7,603 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedRIOregon: #328 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,961 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedSDIowa: #404 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,128 girlsIAIndiana: #376 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,827 girlsINOhio: #510 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,575 girlsOHPennsylvania: #460 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,884 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,099 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 10,878 girlsCAUtah: #322 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,697 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedCONebraska: #287 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,810 girlsNEMissouri: #439 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,519 girlsMOKentucky: #382 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,923 girlsKYWest Virginia: #129 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 619 girlsWVVirginia: #741 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,176 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedDEArizona: #413 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,519 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNMKansas: #299 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,790 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedARTennessee: #443 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,214 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #399 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,949 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #527 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,748 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #293 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,740 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMSAlabama: #566 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,323 girlsALGeorgia: #673 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,731 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedHITexas: #892 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 8,018 girlsTXFlorida: #863 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,102 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#129 · 1 in 619
  2. North Dakota#144 · 1 in 679
  3. Idaho#152 · 1 in 654
  4. Minnesota#189 · 1 in 1,200
  5. Nebraska#287 · 1 in 1,810

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#129141 in 619
North Dakota#14461 in 679
Idaho#15281 in 654
Minnesota#189231 in 1,200
Nebraska#28751 in 1,810
Oklahoma#293101 in 1,740
Kansas#29981 in 1,790
Wisconsin#308131 in 2,204
Utah#32281 in 1,697
Oregon#32881 in 1,961
Indiana#376121 in 2,827
Kentucky#38271 in 2,923
North Carolina#399131 in 2,949
Iowa#40451 in 3,128
Arizona#413101 in 2,519
Missouri#43991 in 3,519
Tennessee#44391 in 3,214
Pennsylvania#460181 in 3,884
Michigan#496141 in 4,102
Washington#50381 in 3,489
Ohio#510151 in 4,575
Illinois#522191 in 3,879
South Carolina#52751 in 3,748
Alabama#56651 in 4,323
Georgia#67371 in 5,731
Virginia#74151 in 7,176
New York#834151 in 7,603
Florida#86391 in 8,102
Texas#892161 in 8,018
California#1,099211 in 10,878
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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 1988

girls
#566
363 births · 1 in 4,906 girls

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #566Trista363
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 4,906 of them was named Trista, which outranked 95.9% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Trista
  1. #563Alycia375
  2. #564Angie367
  3. #565Janine366
  4. #566Trista363
  5. #566Britany363
  6. #566Lorraine363
  7. #566Silvia363
  8. #570Aisha361
  9. #570Dayna361
  10. #572Brittny360

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

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

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

See the top 100 for 1988 →