Girls' name · peaked in 1986
Christa name popularity since 1925
32,764 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Christa. Half of them were born in 1980 or earlier, so the typical Christa is about 46 years old in 2026. Christa peaked in 1986 as the #178 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 32,764
- Named Christa, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,598 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 32,737 girls · 27 boys
- Most popular in
- Ohio
- 1.37× its national share
Peak year is the year Christa made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Christa births per year, 1925–2025
1986 was the biggest year for Christa both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1965 and 1970, Christa became 4.5× more common, from 1 in 6,540 baby girls to 1 in 1,440.
- Steepest fall: Between 1986 and 1991, its share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 1,130 to 1 in 2,780.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Christa's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Christa.
Decade by decade
Babies named Christa in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 58 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 163 | 0 | #1,671 |
| 1940s | 392 | 0 | #1,518 |
| 1950s | 1,297 | 0 | #790 |
| 1960s | 3,283 | 0 | #582 |
| 1970s | 10,393 | 16 | #244 |
| 1980s | 8,671 | 11 | #343 |
| 1990s | 5,471 | 0 | #473 |
| 2000s | 2,193 | 0 | #1,219 |
| 2010s | 675 | 0 | #2,858 |
| 2020–25 | 141 | 0 | #6,598 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
41.3% of babies named Christa from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Christa is most popular
The index compares Christa's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Christa.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 1.37× | 1,873 |
| Kentucky | 1.30× | 644 |
| Indiana | 1.29× | 906 |
| Missouri | 1.28× | 824 |
| Oklahoma | 1.28× | 496 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Christa and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Christa (this page) | 32,737 | 1986 |
| Crista | 4,246 | 1971 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Christa's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Christa.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Christa (1986).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data