How popular is the name Krista?

Krista ranks 337th among girls' names in US records, with 110,946 births since 1912. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,118.

Is Krista a unisex name?

No. Krista is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1986, when 4,738 children were given the name. It has been in use for 113 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Kristo, Christa. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#337 of girl names

Pronounced K R IH1 S T AH0 (ARPABET)

Krista is a girls' name, and first appears in 1912. It has been given to 110,946 children — the 337th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 73% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1986, when 4,738 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Kristo and Christa — because they are pronounced identically.

1986Girls: 4,738Boys: 16

These spellings sound identical to Krista and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Krista?: Krista ranks 337th among girls' names in US records, with 110,946 births since 1912. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,118.
Is Krista a unisex name?: No. Krista is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Krista most popular?: 1986, when 4,738 children were given the name. It has been in use for 113 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Krista spelled?: Kristo, Christa. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.