Recorded 1947–2019 · United States
Crista was most popular in 1971, when 175 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,410 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,246 people named Crista.
Crista first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1947, which makes it about 78 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 71 of the 79 years since. It was last recorded in 2019.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,246 American births named Crista between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 4,055 are estimated to be alive today.
Crista was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Crista is out of use. It averaged 17 births a year a decade ago and has not been recorded in the last five years.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Crista is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 4,246 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 4,055 Americans named Crista are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 43 years old, and half are between 34 and 53.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org