How rare is the name Krysta?

5,941 people in the United States have the first name Krysta, about 1 in 50,839. It ranks #3,491 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KRYSTA

#3,491

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,941
About
1 in 50,839
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,941 people named Krysta, 76.6% reported their origin as White, 10.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.3% 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.

Krysta peaked in 1993, when 419 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19612023
Peak year
1993
Births that year
419
In 2023
9 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,566 babies have been given the name since 1961. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Krysta by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,375. The largest share of babies named Krysta, 62.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#8,25962
1970s#3,398399
1980s#1,3752,155
1990s#1,4372,598
2000s#3,1921,063
2010s#8,529273
2020s#29,08216
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–808.1%
Millennials 1981–9662.8%
Generation Z 1997–1226.5%
2013 and later2.3%

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 Krysta is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Krysta has been most common in Colorado (2.1×), Washington (1.8×), and Arizona (1.8×), and least common in Georgia (0.36×).

4,263 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.

Exactly as common as Krysta

1 other first name also has 5,941 people.

#3,491 Lian · 5,941

Either side of Krysta

#3,489 Amiya · 5,943#3,490 Clementine · 5,942#3,491 Lian · 5,941#3,493 Laken · 5,940

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Krysta, most common first.

#754 Krista · 66,762#785 Krystal · 62,788#14,883 Krysti · 783#23,227 Krystan · 423#37,938 Krystl · 204#39,134 Kresta · 194#41,689 Krystn · 175#46,679 Krysty · 142

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