Girls' name · since 1960
Trista
Since 1960, U.S. Social Security records show 12,459 babies named Trista, peaking in 1984. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #1,459 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12,459
- born since 1960
- 1980s
- peak decade
Trista is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 12,459 have been recorded since 1960.
Trista has 12,459 recorded births among girls since 1960, 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 1960 to 2024.
- #1,459 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12,459 born since 1960
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Trista ranks #1,459 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12,459 born since 1960, peaking in the 1980s.
- #1,459 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12,459
- born since 1960
- 1980s
- peak decade
Trista's 12,459 recorded births place it above 97.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Trista's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Trista's full recorded timeline at 1992, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 1,215 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Trista popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2024
- Peak year (1984)
- 1,215
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Trista popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1986 (Trista as boys' name)
Trista by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (4,967 births, 40% of the file).
1980s was Trista's strongest decade.
4,967 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Trista births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 181
1960s
181 births
- 1970s 1,859
1970s
1,859 births
- 1980s
1980s
4,967 births
- 1990s 1,929
1990s
1,929 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,947 births
- 2010s 548
2010s
548 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 4,967 births (40% of all-time use).
How Trista compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Trista's total volume
Trista by state
Where Trista concentrates geographically, total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 865 | 6.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 738 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 597 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 540 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Minnesota | | 476 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Wisconsin | | 432 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 427 | 3.4% |
| #8 | New York | | 421 | 3.4% |
865 of 12,459 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Trista appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Trista's data
- Trista's decade-level peak was the 1980s (4,967 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tristas (865 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Trista: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1960–2024 (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 Trista 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.