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Krista

Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
US rank, 2025
#3,644 for girls

Krista is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).

What does Krista mean?

Greek

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Krista a girl's or a boy's name?

Krista is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Krista in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 21 girls.

Half of all the girls named Krista in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 21 in 19992019
Krista in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20196#3,738
20183#5,896
20175#4,250
20161#7,664
20154#4,951
20149#2,809
201313#2,174
20129#2,887
201116#1,824
201013#2,103
200913#2,037
200811#2,286
20079#2,543
20066#3,280
200511#2,061
200412#1,812
20037#2,574
20029#2,040
20016#2,587
200014#1,415
199921#1,065
199816#1,289
199720#1,087
199612#1,520

How popular is Krista in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,644among girls
Babies in 2025
41about 1 in 39,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 41% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Krista, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,682nd. Its busiest year was 1986, with 3,054 girls. It first appears in the records in 1937.

Half of all the girls named Krista in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 58 girls in the US were given Krista or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,374, up from #3,644 for this spelling alone.

1937Busiest: 3,054 in 19862025
Krista in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202541#3,644
202430#4,558
202349#3,274
202253#3,073
202149#3,250
202062#2,682
201965#2,651
201876#2,387
201789#2,144
201697#2,033
2015127#1,677
2014119#1,746
2013143#1,529
2012180#1,307
2011186#1,276
2010222#1,110
2009255#1,024
2008312#890
2007355#807
2006408#695
2005482#590
2004528#541
2003680#440
2002595#474
2001621#449
2000695#408
1999806#366
1998944#317
19971,078#268
19961,312#221
19951,467#202
19941,627#182
19931,896#166
19922,028#150
19911,911#155
19902,144#145
19892,224#137
19882,566#112
19872,550#108
19863,054#93
19852,183#134
19842,170#133
19832,043#142
19821,695#173
19811,848#153
19802,531#121
19792,212#130
19781,733#156
19771,762#155
19761,593#162
19751,695#159
19741,808#152
19731,954#143
19722,049#142
19712,412#134
19702,589#136
19691,321#227
19681,049#256
1967863#291
1966846#300
1965752#328
1964613#390
1963527#421
1962447#457
1961344#527
1960314#550
1959302#562
1958239#636
1957238#630
1956241#614
1955241#591
1954216#618
1953172#687
1952154#716
1951129#778
1950111#826
194965#1,120
194836#1,547
194739#1,509
194628#1,677
19458#3,386
19445#4,572
19436#4,195
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19376#3,798

Names like Krista

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jessica Lara Alexandra Melissa Francesca Holly Amber Kayla Jasmine Erin Molly Tara

Other spellings of Krista

Christa

Names related to Krista

Kristy Kristie Kristi Krysta Crista

More Greek names

Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe

Every Greek name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Krista: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/krista, updated 20 October 2026.