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Trista

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Trista is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 214th, in 1984.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
70.00% of girls
Peak year
19841,215 births
Best rank
#214in 1984
Since 1960
12,458people given the name
Babies named Trista, by year of birthgirls
05001k1.5k2k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

12,458 girls have been named Trista in the United States since 1960, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1984, with 1,215 births.

The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 1,215 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 1980s alone account for 40%. It has spent 29 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Trista
1960s181
1970s1,859
1980s4,966
1990s1,929
2000s2,947
2010s548
2020s28

In 1984, its biggest year

Trista was the 214th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1984 were Jennifer, Jessica, Ashley, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1984.

Names that rose and fell with Trista

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.