Trista — #12335 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Trista

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,458 babies named Trista between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Trista currently holds the #12335 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 1,215 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Trista performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 4,966 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Trista shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 865 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Trista in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Trista 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 12,458 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.