Kresta — girls' name
160 babies named Kresta in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
86% of everyone ever named Kresta was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Kresta in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kresta
The Social Security Administration has registered 160 babies named Kresta between 1970 and 1984, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kresta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 33 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kresta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kresta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kresta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kresta 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 160 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.
Kresta at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kresta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1970
- Peak year (1975)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
160 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 33 births in a single year.
Kresta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 138 births that decade — 86% of Kresta's all-time total
Kresta decade highlights
- Peak decade 138 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Kresta's strongest decade
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 86% of all-time use.
Kresta by state
Where Kresta concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 5 | 3.1% |
5 of 160 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–1984 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.