first name
CHRISTA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 32,795 people named Christa, 82% reported their origin as White, 7.4% as Black and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Christa peaked in 1986, when 1,518 babies got the name.
At least 32,870 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Christa by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #471. The largest share of babies named Christa, 41.2%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Christa is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Christa has been most common in Ohio (1.4×), Indiana (1.3×), and Florida (1.3×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.26×).
29,288 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Christa
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Christa, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Christa ranks #107,024 of 156,621, with 177 people. See Christa as a last name
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