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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #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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2007#1,024258—
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1999#1,378128—
1998#1,145165—
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1992#890222—
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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 1990

  • 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: #426 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,810 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #137 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 593 girlsNDMinnesota: #302 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,149 girlsMNIllinois: #715 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,039 girlsILWisconsin: #405 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,933 girlsWIMichigan: #751 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,941 girlsMINew York: #1,702 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 20,343 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedRIOregon: #446 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,797 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #166 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 734 girlsSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedIAIndiana: #406 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,931 girlsINOhio: #634 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,908 girlsOHPennsylvania: #487 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,033 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,138 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 10,935 girlsCAUtah: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,710 girlsUTColorado: #522 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,462 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNEMissouri: #562 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,693 girlsMOKentucky: #437 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,540 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedWVVirginia: #685 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,298 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedDEArizona: #592 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,751 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedNMKansas: #320 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,994 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedARTennessee: #669 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,038 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #756 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,811 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #506 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,490 girlsOKLouisiana: #622 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,230 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedMSAlabama: #586 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,495 girlsALGeorgia: #949 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,533 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Trista, so not publishedHITexas: #1,655 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 19,655 girlsTXFlorida: #1,022 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,891 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#137 · 1 in 593
  2. South Dakota#166 · 1 in 734
  3. Minnesota#302 · 1 in 2,149
  4. Kansas#320 · 1 in 1,994
  5. Wisconsin#405 · 1 in 2,933

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#13761 in 593
South Dakota#16651 in 734
Minnesota#302131 in 2,149
Kansas#32071 in 1,994
Wisconsin#405101 in 2,933
Indiana#406121 in 2,931
Washington#426111 in 2,810
Kentucky#43761 in 3,540
Oregon#44661 in 2,797
Utah#46051 in 2,710
Pennsylvania#487181 in 4,033
Oklahoma#50651 in 3,490
Colorado#52261 in 3,462
Missouri#56271 in 4,693
Alabama#58651 in 4,495
Arizona#59271 in 3,751
Louisiana#62261 in 4,230
Ohio#634121 in 5,908
Tennessee#66951 in 6,038
Virginia#68561 in 6,298
Illinois#715131 in 6,039
Michigan#75191 in 6,941
North Carolina#75661 in 6,811
Georgia#94951 in 8,533
Florida#1,02281 in 9,891
California#1,138241 in 10,935
Texas#1,65571 in 19,655
New York#1,70261 in 20,343
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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 1990

girls
#744
279 births · 1 in 6,805 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #744Trista279
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 6,805 of them was named Trista, which outranked 95.1% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Trista
  1. #739Ingrid281
  2. #742Chandra280
  3. #742Debbie280
  4. #744Trista279
  5. #744Elissa279
  6. #746Deja278
  7. #747Anabel277
  8. #747Kandice277

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

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →