Christa — #7258 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Christa

The Social Security Administration has registered 32,824 babies named Christa between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Christa currently holds the #7258 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 1,513 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Christa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 10,393 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Christa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,941 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Christa in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Christa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 32,824 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.