Krista
Krista is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 30 births. Its best rank was 93rd, in 1986.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 300.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19863,054 births
- Best rank
- #93in 1986
- Since 1937
- 73,675people given the name
The story in the numbers
73,675 girls have been named Krista in the United States since 1937, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 3,054 births — 0.18% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 30 births in 2024, against 3,054 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 1980s alone account for 31%. It has spent 59 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 1 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Krista | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | |
| 1940s | 187 | |
| 1950s | 2,042 | |
| 1960s | 7,076 | |
| 1970s | 19,809 | |
| 1980s | 22,864 | |
| 1990s | 15,213 | |
| 2000s | 4,931 | |
| 2010s | 1,304 | |
| 2020s | 243 |
In 1986, its biggest year
Krista was the 93rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1986 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1986.
Names that rose and fell with Krista
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Steffaniepeak 1990
- Stephinepeak 1981
- Kristinapeak 1985
- Cristapeak 1971
- Stephaniepeak 1990
- Rachelepeak 1984
- Chantellpeak 1991
- Hollipeak 1983
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.