Girls' name · since 1970
Khrista
228 babies named Khrista in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,494 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 228
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Khrista sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 228 recorded since 1970.
Social Security Administration records show Khrista recorded 228 times among girls since 1970, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, 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 1970 to 2007.
- #18,494 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 228 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Khrista ranks #18,494 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 228 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #18,494 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 228
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Khrista's 228 recorded births place it above 74.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Khrista's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Khrista splits its recorded history at 1987: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1987 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Khrista popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2007
- Peak year (1987)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Khrista by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (82 births, 36% of the file).
1970s was Khrista's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Khrista births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
82 births
- 1980s
1980s
78 births
- 1990s
1990s
48 births
- 2000s 20
2000s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 82 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Khrista's decade-level peak was the 1970s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Khrista: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1970–2007 (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 Khrista 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.