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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Trista

Trista was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1984, when it ranked 214th with 1,215 babies. More babies were named Trista in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
19841,215 babies
Total since 1880
12,464babies recorded

Trista popularity since 1880

05001k1.5k2k 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1986.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#8,91312
2010#1,561143
2000#1,541117
1990#745279
1980#844185
1970#935138
1960#7,2455
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Trista, counting every spelling?

Trista has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Trista?

About 12,100 people born in the US named Trista are alive today, with a median age of 39; half are between 24 and 43. That makes Trista 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.

Trista by state

How common Trista was among girls born in each state in 1982–1986, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Wyoming (6.0×), North Dakota (5.5×), Montana (4.3×), West Virginia (4.2×), South Dakota (3.2×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesME0.26Wisconsin: 0.96 per 1,000 babiesWI0.96Vermont: 0.44 per 1,000 babiesVT0.44New Hampshire: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesNH0.18Washington: 0.57 per 1,000 babiesWA0.57Idaho: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesID1.1Montana: 1.8 per 1,000 babiesMT1.8North Dakota: 2.3 per 1,000 babiesND2.3Minnesota: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesMN1.1Illinois: 0.37 per 1,000 babiesIL0.37Michigan: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesMI0.39New York: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesNY0.21Massachusetts: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesMA0.17Oregon: 0.99 per 1,000 babiesOR0.99Nevada: 0.55 per 1,000 babiesNV0.55Wyoming: 2.5 per 1,000 babiesWY2.5South Dakota: 1.3 per 1,000 babiesSD1.3Iowa: 0.75 per 1,000 babiesIA0.75Indiana: 0.74 per 1,000 babiesIN0.74Ohio: 0.43 per 1,000 babiesOH0.43Pennsylvania: 0.65 per 1,000 babiesPA0.65New Jersey: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.06Connecticut: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesCT0.13Rhode Island: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesRI0.21California: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesCA0.23Utah: 0.89 per 1,000 babiesUT0.89Colorado: 0.51 per 1,000 babiesCO0.51Nebraska: 0.63 per 1,000 babiesNE0.63Missouri: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesMO0.45Kentucky: 1.0 per 1,000 babiesKY1.0West Virginia: 1.8 per 1,000 babiesWV1.8Virginia: 0.42 per 1,000 babiesVA0.42Maryland: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesMD0.36Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.39New Mexico: 0.48 per 1,000 babiesNM0.48Kansas: 0.91 per 1,000 babiesKS0.91Arkansas: 0.68 per 1,000 babiesAR0.68Tennessee: 0.56 per 1,000 babiesTN0.56North Carolina: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesNC0.31South Carolina: 0.60 per 1,000 babiesSC0.60District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.63 per 1,000 babiesOK0.63Louisiana: 0.52 per 1,000 babiesLA0.52Mississippi: 0.55 per 1,000 babiesMS0.55Alabama: 0.49 per 1,000 babiesAL0.49Georgia: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesGA0.34Hawaii: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesHI0.20Texas: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesTX0.31Florida: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesFL0.33
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Trista, girls, 1982–1986. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

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

Questions about the name Trista

How popular is the name Trista?

Trista was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1984, when it ranked 214th with 1,215 babies. More babies were named Trista in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Trista a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Trista in the US.

Where was Trista most popular?

In 1982–1986, Trista was most common in Wyoming (2.49 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Dakota and Montana.