Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Christa

#790 most common girls' name of all time · #1,431 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1912–2025

Rank among girls
#790
Rank overall
#1,431 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
113 of 146
All-time
32,870
Since 2016
343
Peak year
1986 #178
Best rank
#178 1986
Girls Boys peak 1,518/yr
192019401960198020002020

Christa first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 17 — 17 #6,579
2024 15 — 15 #7,300
2023 18 — 18 #6,438
2022 26 — 26 #5,051
2021 39 — 39 #3,813
2020 26 — 26 #4,896
2019 36 — 36 #4,018
2018 48 — 48 #3,301
2017 48 — 48 #3,313
2016 70 — 70 #2,542
2015 61 — 61 #2,855
2014 67 — 67 #2,621
2013 76 — 76 #2,388
2012 91 — 91 #2,100
2011 79 — 79 #2,352
2010 99 — 99 #2,014
2009 124 — 124 #1,761
2008 160 — 160 #1,468
2007 186 — 186 #1,310
2006 190 — 190 #1,261
2005 187 — 187 #1,218
2004 242 — 242 #983
2003 266 — 266 #896
2002 270 — 270 #853
2001 274 — 274 #836
2000 294 — 294 #781
1999 326 — 326 #691
1998 366 — 366 #633
1997 417 — 417 #562
1996 475 — 475 #504
1995 522 — 522 #473
1994 562 — 562 #454
1993 667 — 667 #382
1992 756 — 756 #344
1991 674 — 674 #383
1990 706 — 706 #372
1989 745 — 745 #342
1988 925 — 925 #272
1987 1,018 6 1,024 #251
1986 1,513 5 1,518 #178
1985 683 — 683 #344
1984 740 — 740 #319
1983 640 — 640 #353
1982 640 — 640 #362
1981 746 — 746 #317
1980 1,021 — 1,021 #252
1979 1,080 — 1,080 #238
1978 892 — 892 #263
1977 861 — 861 #277
1976 937 — 937 #252
1975 1,010 5 1,015 #244
1974 946 — 946 #269
1973 1,083 — 1,083 #238
1972 1,121 5 1,126 #244
1971 1,250 6 1,256 #238
1970 1,213 — 1,213 #255
1969 640 — 640 #363
1968 519 — 519 #410
1967 353 — 353 #503
1966 321 — 321 #526
1965 270 — 270 #582
1964 280 — 280 #593
1963 273 — 273 #606
1962 238 — 238 #658
1961 210 — 210 #717
1960 179 — 179 #763
1959 182 — 182 #754
1958 166 — 166 #776
1957 155 — 155 #816
1956 164 — 164 #762
1955 148 — 148 #795
1954 109 — 109 #923
1953 107 — 107 #913
1952 106 — 106 #899
1951 88 — 88 #998
1950 72 — 72 #1,085
1949 95 — 95 #912
1948 68 — 68 #1,077
1947 47 — 47 #1,344
1946 34 — 34 #1,523
1945 29 — 29 #1,532
1944 21 — 21 #1,897
1943 27 — 27 #1,648
1942 30 — 30 #1,518
1941 15 — 15 #2,240
1940 26 — 26 #1,539
1939 18 — 18 #1,922
1938 18 — 18 #1,920
1937 16 — 16 #2,072
1936 22 — 22 #1,630
1935 21 — 21 #1,705
1934 24 — 24 #1,551
1933 8 — 8 #3,295
1932 12 — 12 #2,595
1931 14 — 14 #2,274
1930 10 — 10 #2,977
1929 9 — 9 #3,289
1928 9 — 9 #3,324
1927 16 — 16 #2,317
1926 12 — 12 #2,815
1925 12 — 12 #2,886
1924 17 — 17 #2,286
1923 7 — 7 #4,156
1922 5 — 5 #5,245
1921 9 — 9 #3,548
1920 8 — 8 #3,766
1919 14 — 14 #2,492
1918 10 — 10 #3,183
1917 8 — 8 #3,551
1916 7 — 7 #3,762
1915 8 — 8 #3,333
1913 6 — 6 #3,100
1912 7 — 7 #2,604