Christa
Christa is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 15 births. Its best rank was 178th, in 1986.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 150.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19861,513 births
- Best rank
- #178in 1986
- Since 1912
- 32,824people given the name
The story in the numbers
32,824 girls have been named Christa in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 1,513 births.
The name has all but left use: 15 births in 2024, against 1,513 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1970s alone account for 32%. It has spent 55 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Christa | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 60 | |
| 1920s | 104 | |
| 1930s | 163 | |
| 1940s | 392 | |
| 1950s | 1,297 | |
| 1960s | 3,283 | |
| 1970s | 10,393 | |
| 1980s | 8,671 | |
| 1990s | 5,471 | |
| 2000s | 2,193 | |
| 2010s | 674 | |
| 2020s | 123 |
In 1986, its biggest year
Christa was the 178th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1986 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1986.
Names that rose and fell with Christa
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cristapeak 1971
- Tarrapeak 1972
- Hollipeak 1983
- Nikkipeak 1972
- Jenneferpeak 1972
- Laticiapeak 1971
- Jennifferpeak 1972
- Stepheniepeak 1974
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.