first name
KRISTA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 66,762 people named Krista, 87.2% reported their origin as White, 5% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.3% as two or more races. 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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Krista peaked in 1986, when 3,065 babies got the name.
At least 73,863 babies have been given the name since 1937. 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.
Krista by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #258. The largest share of babies named Krista, 44.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Krista is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Krista has been most common in Minnesota (1.9×), Alaska (1.7×), and Oregon (1.6×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.29×).
71,225 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 Krista
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Krista, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Krista ranks #100,469 of 156,621, with 192 people. See Krista as a last name
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