Girls' name · since 1989
Kristah
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Kristah, peaking in 1990. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 16
- total births
- 1989–1993
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 69%
- born in that decade
Kristah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kristah has been recorded 16 times among girls since 1989, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 1993.
- 16 total births
- 1989–1993 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 69% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kristah's 16 recorded births place it above 32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kristah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kristah's full recorded timeline at 1990, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kristah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1993
- Peak year (1990)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Kristah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kristah's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Kristah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1989–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kristah: Baby Name Since 1989 - 16 Births, Peak 1990." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kristah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kristah 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 July 2026.