Trista
Girl · TRIS-tuh · Celtic
Trista is a girls' name of Celtic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Trista mean?
Celtic: feminine form of Tristan, from a Pictish or Brittonic name
A feminine form of Tristan, the tragic lover of Isolde in medieval Arthurian legend.
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- TRIS-tuh
Is Trista a girl's or a boy's name?
Trista is a girls' name.
How popular is Trista in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1984, with 1,215 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the girls named Trista in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Trista in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,935 |
| 2012 | 73 | #2,495 |
| 2011 | 101 | #1,953 |
| 2010 | 143 | #1,556 |
| 2009 | 178 | #1,342 |
| 2008 | 221 | #1,160 |
| 2007 | 258 | #1,024 |
| 2006 | 335 | #815 |
| 2005 | 362 | #745 |
| 2004 | 535 | #531 |
| 2003 | 566 | #505 |
| 2002 | 229 | #966 |
| 2001 | 146 | #1,310 |
| 2000 | 117 | #1,538 |
| 1999 | 128 | #1,376 |
| 1998 | 165 | #1,143 |
| 1997 | 165 | #1,131 |
| 1996 | 231 | #862 |
| 1995 | 172 | #1,042 |
| 1994 | 161 | #1,113 |
| 1993 | 171 | #1,061 |
| 1992 | 222 | #888 |
| 1991 | 235 | #848 |
| 1990 | 279 | #743 |
| 1989 | 288 | #695 |
| 1988 | 363 | #566 |
| 1987 | 440 | #492 |
| 1986 | 558 | #401 |
| 1985 | 789 | #305 |
| 1984 | 1,215 | #214 |
| 1983 | 823 | #284 |
| 1982 | 153 | #966 |
| 1981 | 153 | #955 |
| 1980 | 185 | #843 |
| 1979 | 158 | #931 |
| 1978 | 145 | #958 |
| 1977 | 163 | #880 |
| 1976 | 158 | #861 |
| 1975 | 201 | #730 |
| 1974 | 225 | #668 |
| 1973 | 201 | #718 |
| 1972 | 255 | #616 |
| 1971 | 215 | #709 |
| 1970 | 138 | #929 |
| 1969 | 72 | #1,338 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,776 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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