Girls' name · since 1964
Kristia
417 babies named Kristia in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,190 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 417
- born since 1964
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kristia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 417 have been recorded since 1964.
Kristia has 417 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2009.
- #13,190 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 417 born since 1964
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kristia ranks #13,190 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 417 born since 1964, peaking in the 1980s.
- #13,190 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 417
- born since 1964
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kristia's 417 recorded births place it above 81.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kristia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kristia splits its recorded history at 1983: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1965 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kristia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2009
- Peak year (1980)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Kristia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (135 births, 32% of the file).
1980s was Kristia's strongest decade.
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Kristia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 49
1960s
49 births
- 1970s
1970s
102 births
- 1980s
1980s
135 births
- 1990s
1990s
106 births
- 2000s 25
2000s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 135 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Kristia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (135 total births); usage has since declined to 25 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kristia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1964–2009 (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 Kristia 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.