How Many People Are Named Christa?
people named Christa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 11,094 people in the US has this name
Based on 32,870 babies named Christa in Social Security records from 1912 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,518 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of CHRISTINA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Christa in English. Counting Christa and these spellings together, about 101,180 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Christa (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Christa alive today is about 43 years old, and 77% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 35 and 52 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Christa first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1986, to 1,518 babies. In 2025, 17 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Christa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #178, in 1986. In 2025 it ranked #6,597.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,597 |
| Best rank | #178 (1986) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #254 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Christa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Christa were born in California than in any other state: about 2,787 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Christa was given 1.4 times as often in Kentucky, 1.4 times in Oklahoma and 1.3 times in Georgia.
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