Girls' name · since 1912
Christa
32,843 babies named Christa in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #791 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,571 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 32,843
- born since 1912
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Christa is the #6571 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 32,843 recorded since 1912.
Social Security Administration records show Christa recorded 32,843 times among girls since 1912, holding rank #6571 nationally today, ahead of 62% of girls, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2025.
- #791 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,571 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 32,843 born since 1912
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Christa ranks #791 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,571 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 32,843 born since 1912, peaking in the 1970s.
- #791 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,571 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 32,843
- born since 1912
- 1970s
- peak decade
Christa's 32,843 recorded births place it above 98.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Christa compares
32,843 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Christa's all-time total is 87x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Christa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 32,843 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,513 | 21 | 19,840 |
Christa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Christa's full recorded timeline at 1969, 86% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 14% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 1,513 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Christa popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (1986)
- 1,513
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Christa popularity over time - boys
27 total births recorded since 1971 (Christa as boys' name)
Christa by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (10,393 births, 32% of the file).
1970s was Christa's strongest decade.
10,393 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Christa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 60
1910s
60 births
- 1920s 104
1920s
104 births
- 1930s 163
1930s
163 births
- 1940s 392
1940s
392 births
- 1950s 1,297
1950s
1,297 births
- 1960s 3,283
1960s
3,283 births
- 1970s
1970s
10,393 births
- 1980s
1980s
8,671 births
- 1990s
1990s
5,471 births
- 2000s 2,193
2000s
2,193 births
- 2010s 675
2010s
675 births
- 2020s 141
2020s
141 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 10,393 births (32% of all-time use).
How Christa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Christa's total volume
Christa by state
Where Christa concentrates geographically, total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,941 | 9.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,083 | 6.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,928 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 1,873 | 5.7% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,835 | 5.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 1,273 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 1,249 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 1,172 | 3.6% |
2,941 of 32,843 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Christa appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Christa's data
- Christa's decade-level peak was the 1970s (10,393 total births); usage has since declined to 141 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Christas (2,941 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Christa
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Christa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~113 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1912–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Christa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.