Christa
About Christa
Fading since the 1970s -- but still a lovely name.
Pronounced KRIS-tuh.
As of October 2026, Christa ranked #6598 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #178 in 1986.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,621 | 67 | 37.5 |
| 2015 | #2,894 | 60 | 33.6 |
| 2016 | #2,543 | 70 | 39.5 |
| 2017 | #3,313 | 48 | 27.8 |
| 2018 | #3,300 | 48 | 28.2 |
| 2019 | #4,027 | 36 | 21.4 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | #3,812 | 39 | 23.8 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Christa on lists
Famous Christas
- Christa Brittany Allen
American actress
- Christa Ingeborg
Princess of Thurn and Taxis
- Christa Paffgen
birth name of Nico, German rock singer
- (Sharon) Christa McAuliffe
American teacher/astronaut on Challenger
- Christa Miller
American actress
- Christa Borden
Canadian pop singer
- Christa Campbell
American actress
- Christa Rigozzi
Miss Switzerland 2006
- Christa Sauls
American actress
- Christa Speck
German model
- Christa Williams
German pop singer
- Christa Luding
Rothenburger, German athlete
- Christa Johnson
American golfer
Christa in pop culture
- Christa
character in the video game "The Walking Dead"
- Christa Carlyle
character in Netflix's "American Vandal"
- Christa Lenz
the alias of a character in the anime "Attack on Titan"