# Christa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/christa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Krista |
| US babies named this | 32,870 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 27 / 32,843 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 161, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Contraction of Christina and Christiana. Rare until the second half of the 20th century, reinforced by the German Christa.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 79 | 2,354 |
| 2012 | 91 | 2,103 |
| 2013 | 76 | 2,388 |
| 2014 | 67 | 2,621 |
| 2015 | 61 | 2,858 |
| 2016 | 70 | 2,543 |
| 2017 | 48 | 3,316 |
| 2018 | 48 | 3,301 |
| 2019 | 36 | 4,027 |
| 2020 | 26 | 4,913 |
| 2021 | 39 | 3,817 |
| 2022 | 26 | 5,053 |
| 2023 | 18 | 6,475 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,322 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,598 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 6 | 4,474 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,102 |
| 1975 | 5 | 5,605 |
| 1986 | 5 | 6,904 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,227 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 10 | 2,137 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,895 |
| 2008 | 14 | 1,815 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## In other languages

- Danish: Christa
- Estonian: Krista
- Finnish: Krista
- German: Christa
- Latvian: Krista
- Swedish: Krista

## People named Christa

- Christa Wolf, German novelist and essayist (1929–2011)
- Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut
- Christa Pike, American murderer (born 1976)
- Christa Ludwig, German mezzo-soprano (1928-2021)
- Christa B. Allen, American actress (born 1991)
- Christa Luding, German cyclist and speed skater
- Christa Miller, American actress
- Christa Stubnick, East German sprinter (1933-2021)
- Christa Campbell, American actress
- Christa Theret, French actress
- Christa Kinshofer, alpine skier
- Christa Tordy, German actress (1904-1945)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.