# Krista (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/krista/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 73,863 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 148 / 73,715 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 216, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A spelling variant of Christa, a modern short form of Christina, partly borrowed from 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 | 186 | 1,278 |
| 2012 | 180 | 1,311 |
| 2013 | 143 | 1,536 |
| 2014 | 119 | 1,752 |
| 2015 | 127 | 1,681 |
| 2016 | 97 | 2,047 |
| 2017 | 89 | 2,152 |
| 2018 | 76 | 2,398 |
| 2019 | 65 | 2,670 |
| 2020 | 62 | 2,700 |
| 2021 | 49 | 3,275 |
| 2022 | 53 | 3,101 |
| 2023 | 49 | 3,301 |
| 2024 | 30 | 4,618 |
| 2025 | 41 | 3,679 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 5 | 5,937 |
| 1976 | 7 | 4,702 |
| 1977 | 8 | 4,409 |
| 1978 | 9 | 4,025 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,589 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,254 |
| 1982 | 7 | 5,344 |
| 1983 | 10 | 4,028 |
| 1984 | 9 | 4,396 |
| 1985 | 6 | 6,200 |
| 1986 | 11 | 4,011 |
| 1987 | 9 | 4,775 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7,967 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,624 |
| 1992 | 6 | 8,006 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 12 | 1,715 |
| 2005 | 9 | 2,247 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2008 | 10 | 2,292 |
| 2009 | 12 | 2,019 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2,235 |
| 2011 | 15 | 1,807 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |

## People named Krista

- Krista Siegfrids, Finnish singer
- Krista Allen, American actress
- Krista Pärmäkoski, Finnish cross-country skier
- Krista Kosonen, Finnish actress
- Krista Kiuru, Finnish politician (born 1974)
- Krista Guloien, Canadian rower
- Krista Mikkonen, Finnish politician
- Krista Kostial-Šimonović, Croatian physician and academic (1923–2018)
- Krista Aru, Estonian historian of journalism, museologist, politician (1958-2025)
- Krista White, fashion model from the USA
- Krista van Velzen, Dutch politician
- Krista Errickson, American actress and writer

## 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.