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Christa
Rank in 2024
#7,494
Born in 2024
15
Peak year
1986 · #178
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 15 girls were named Christa, about 1 in every 107,546.
- It peaked in 1986 with 1,513 babies, ranked #178.
- It first shows up in the records in 1912.
- 32,824 girls have been named Christa since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Christa per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.5Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 146 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 329 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,721 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen X: 13,517 babies, 0.53 per 1,000. Millennials: 12,012 babies, 0.43 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,571 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 528 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Contraction of Christina and Christiana. Rare until the second half of the 20th century, reinforced by the German Christa.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Christa, CC BY-SA 4.0.