Krista is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1986 and has since faded.
Krista is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,679 for girl births in the United States (and #6,461 across all names), given to 41 babies. Krista was first reported in SSA data in 1937 and peaked in 1986 (3,054 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | #3,679 | — |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | #4,618 | — |
| 2023 | 49 | 49 | #3,301 | — |
| 2022 | 53 | 53 | #3,101 | — |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | #3,275 | — |
| 2020 | 62 | 62 | #2,700 | — |
| 2019 | 65 | 65 | #2,670 | — |
| 2018 | 76 | 76 | #2,398 | — |
| 2017 | 89 | 89 | #2,152 | — |
| 2016 | 97 | 97 | #2,047 | — |
| 2015 | 127 | 127 | #1,681 | — |
| 2014 | 119 | 119 | #1,752 | — |
| 2013 | 143 | 143 | #1,536 | — |
| 2012 | 180 | 180 | #1,311 | — |
| 2011 | 186 | 186 | #1,278 | — |
| 2010 | 222 | 222 | #1,111 | — |
| 2009 | 255 | 255 | #1,024 | — |
| 2008 | 312 | 312 | #890 | — |
| 2007 | 355 | 355 | #810 | — |
| 2006 | 408 | 408 | #696 | — |
| 2005 | 482 | 482 | #590 | — |
| 2004 | 528 | 528 | #542 | — |
| 2003 | 680 | 680 | #441 | — |
| 2002 | 595 | 595 | #474 | — |
| 2001 | 621 | 621 | #449 | — |
| 2000 | 695 | 695 | #408 | — |
| 1999 | 806 | 806 | #366 | — |
| 1998 | 944 | 944 | #318 | — |
| 1997 | 1,078 | — | #269 | — |
| 1996 | 1,312 | — | #221 | — |
| 1995 | 1,467 | — | #202 | — |
| 1994 | 1,627 | — | #182 | — |
| 1993 | 1,896 | — | #166 | — |
| 1992 | 2,034 | — | #150 | #8,006 |
| 1991 | 1,911 | — | #155 | — |
| 1990 | 2,144 | — | #145 | — |
| 1989 | 2,231 | — | #137 | #6,624 |
| 1988 | 2,571 | — | #112 | #7,967 |
| 1987 | 2,559 | — | #108 | #4,775 |
| 1986 | 3,065 | — | #93 | #4,011 |
| 1985 | 2,189 | — | #134 | #6,200 |
| 1984 | 2,179 | — | #133 | #4,396 |
| 1983 | 2,053 | — | #142 | #4,028 |
| 1982 | 1,702 | — | #173 | #5,344 |
| 1981 | 1,848 | — | #153 | — |
| 1980 | 2,538 | — | #121 | #5,254 |
| 1979 | 2,217 | — | #130 | #6,589 |
| 1978 | 1,742 | — | #156 | #4,025 |
| 1977 | 1,770 | — | #155 | #4,409 |
| 1976 | 1,600 | — | #163 | #4,702 |
| 1975 | 1,700 | — | #159 | #5,937 |
| 1974 | 1,816 | — | #152 | #4,026 |
| 1973 | 1,959 | — | #143 | #5,516 |
| 1972 | 2,061 | — | #142 | #2,920 |
| 1971 | 2,417 | — | #134 | #5,319 |
| 1970 | 2,596 | — | #136 | #4,066 |
| 1969 | 1,321 | — | #227 | — |
| 1968 | 1,049 | — | #257 | — |
| 1967 | 863 | — | #291 | — |
| 1966 | 846 | — | #300 | — |
| 1965 | 752 | — | #328 | — |
| 1964 | 613 | — | #390 | — |
| 1963 | 527 | — | #421 | — |
| 1962 | 447 | — | #459 | — |
| 1961 | 344 | — | #528 | — |
| 1960 | 314 | — | #551 | — |
| 1959 | 302 | — | #562 | — |
| 1958 | 239 | — | #637 | — |
| 1957 | 238 | — | #633 | — |
| 1956 | 241 | — | #615 | — |
| 1955 | 241 | — | #593 | — |
| 1954 | 216 | — | #619 | — |
| 1953 | 172 | — | #691 | — |
| 1952 | 154 | — | #719 | — |
| 1951 | 129 | — | #783 | — |
| 1950 | 111 | — | #828 | — |
| 1949 | 65 | — | #1,129 | — |
| 1948 | 36 | — | #1,558 | — |
| 1947 | 39 | — | #1,517 | — |
| 1946 | 28 | — | #1,695 | — |
| 1945 | 8 | — | #3,527 | — |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #4,915 | — |
| 1943 | 6 | — | #4,443 | — |
| 1937 | 6 | — | #4,045 | — |