How Many People Are Named Khrista?
An estimated 214 people in the United States have the first name Khrista. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 41 years old, and Khrista peaked in popularity in 1987 with 20 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Khrista as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Khrista paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
214
About 1 in 1,601,656 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
41
years old
Peak Year
1987
20 births
Total Registered
228
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Khrista
Khrista is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 228 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Khrista as a female name
Ranked #19,129 in 2007
5 female births in 2007
Peak: 1987 (20 births)
Khrista: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Khrista span from the 1970s to the 2000s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 82 babies were registered. Khrista has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Khrista by Decade
How has Khrista tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Khrista + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Khrista as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Khrista: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Khrista?
We estimate approximately 214 people named Khrista are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,601,656 Americans share this first name.
Is Khrista a common name?
Khrista is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 228 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Khrista most popular?
Khrista reached peak popularity in 1987, when 20 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Khrista is approximately 41 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Khrista a female name?
Khrista is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Khrista Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Khrista Smith, Khrista Johnson, Khrista Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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