Kristena — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kristena

The Social Security Administration has registered 752 babies named Kristena between 1948 and 2007, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kristena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kristena performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 237 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kristena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Kristena in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kristena 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 752 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.