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Krista Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Krista?

The rare name Krista was the 2,382nd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

Krista, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #93 in 1986 with 3,054 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Krista was less than 5, most recently in 1942.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Krista occurred roughly during the years 1943-1955, 1956-1970, and 1982-1986, whereas 1971-1976, 1986-2001, and 2003-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Krista has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Krista popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

Krista's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Krista lately has dropped.

The name Krista is quite distinctive and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Krista has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Krista (Girl)Krista (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 76 2,382 < 5 --
2017 89 2,146 < 5 --
2016 96 2,059 < 5 --
2015 126 1,687 < 5 --
2014 119 1,748 < 5 --
2013 143 1,535 < 5 --
2012 178 1,320 < 5 --
2011 186 1,278 < 5 --
2010 222 1,111 < 5 --
2009 255 1,024 < 5 --
2008 311 894 < 5 --
2007 355 809 < 5 --
2006 408 695 < 5 --
2005 482 589 < 5 --
2004 528 541 < 5 --
2003 679 441 < 5 --
2002 595 474 < 5 --
2001 621 448 < 5 --
2000 695 408 < 5 --
1999 806 366 < 5 --
1998 944 318 < 5 --
1997 1,078 269 < 5 --
1996 1,312 221 < 5 --
1995 1,467 202 < 5 --
1994 1,627 182 < 5 --
1993 1,896 165 < 5 --
1992 2,028 150 6 8,003
1991 1,912 155 < 5 --
1990 2,143 145 < 5 --
1989 2,224 137 7 6,618
1988 2,567 112 5 7,959
1987 2,550 108 9 4,770
1986 3,054 93 11 4,009
1985 2,182 134 6 6,200
1984 2,171 133 9 4,397
1983 2,044 142 10 4,025
1982 1,695 173 7 5,341
1981 1,848 153 < 5 --
1980 2,530 121 7 5,250
1979 2,214 130 5 6,589
1978 1,733 157 9 4,022
1977 1,763 155 8 4,409
1976 1,593 162 7 4,700
1975 1,695 159 5 5,936
1974 1,808 152 8 4,024
1973 1,954 143 5 5,513
1972 2,050 142 12 2,917
1971 2,412 134 5 5,320
1970 2,589 136 7 4,064
1969 1,322 227 < 5 --
1968 1,048 258 < 5 --
1967 864 291 < 5 --
1966 845 302 < 5 --
1965 752 328 < 5 --
1964 613 391 < 5 --
1963 528 420 < 5 --
1962 448 457 < 5 --
1961 345 526 < 5 --
1960 314 551 < 5 --
1959 302 561 < 5 --
1958 238 637 < 5 --
1957 238 632 < 5 --
1956 241 615 < 5 --
1955 241 593 < 5 --
1954 216 618 < 5 --
1953 172 692 < 5 --
1952 154 719 < 5 --
1951 129 783 < 5 --
1950 111 828 < 5 --
1949 65 1,129 < 5 --
1948 36 1,558 < 5 --
1947 39 1,517 < 5 --
1946 28 1,695 < 5 --
1945 8 3,527 < 5 --
1944 5 4,916 < 5 --
1943 6 4,443 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.