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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Crista

Crista was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 802nd with 175 babies. More babies were named Crista in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1971175 babies
Total since 1880
4,246babies recorded

Crista popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#6,98118
2000#2,46262
1990#1,68987
1980#1,118122
1970#942135
1960#2,25327
1950#3,26111
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Crista, counting every spelling?

Crista has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Crista?

About 4,000 people born in the US named Crista are alive today, with a median age of 43; half are between 34 and 53. That makes Crista mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Crista by state

How common Crista was among girls born in each state in 1969–1973, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.7×). In 34 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesWI0.03Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesWA0.05Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesIL0.05Michigan: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMI0.09New York: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesNY0.05Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOR0.07Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIN0.03Ohio: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesOH0.10Pennsylvania: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesPA0.10New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesCA0.14Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMO0.03Kentucky: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesKY0.04West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.10New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOK0.07Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTX0.04Florida: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesFL0.08
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Crista, girls, 1969–1973. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Crista: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Crista, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Crista

How popular is the name Crista?

Crista was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 802nd with 175 babies. More babies were named Crista in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Crista a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 4,246 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Crista most popular?

In 1969–1973, Crista was most common in California (0.14 per 1,000 girls), followed by Ohio and Pennsylvania.