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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Christa” in the USA?

Number of people named “Christa” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Christa” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Christa” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Christa” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Christa” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Christa” by birth year

This chart shows how “Christa” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1912 7 0.000007085 7 100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 100%
1915 8 0.000004366 8 100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 100%
1917 8 0.000003987 8 100%
1918 10 0.000004606 10 100%
1919 14 0.000006634 14 100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1924 17 0.000007138 17 100%
1925 12 0.000005143 12 100%
1926 12 0.000005227 12 100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 100%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 100%
1934 24 0.000011556 24 100%
1935 21 0.000010048 21 100%
1936 22 0.000010589 22 100%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 100%
1938 18 0.000008135 18 100%
1939 18 0.000008169 18 100%
1940 26 0.000011291 26 100%
1941 15 0.000006157 15 100%
1942 30 0.000010982 30 100%
1943 27 0.000009566 27 100%
1944 21 0.000007806 21 100%
1945 29 0.000010931 29 100%
1946 34 0.000010641 34 100%
1947 47 0.000013047 47 100%
1948 68 0.000019696 68 100%
1949 95 0.000027261 95 100%
1950 72 0.000020552 72 100%
1951 88 0.000023889 88 100%
1952 106 0.000027909 106 100%
1953 107 0.000027766 107 100%
1954 109 0.000027382 109 100%
1955 148 0.000036861 148 100%
1956 164 0.000039777 164 100%
1957 155 0.000036886 155 100%
1958 166 0.000040156 166 100%
1959 182 0.000043771 182 100%
1960 179 0.000043093 179 100%
1961 210 0.000050696 210 100%
1962 238 0.000058978 238 100%
1963 273 0.000068971 273 100%
1964 280 0.000072024 280 100%
1965 270 0.000074474 270 100%
1966 321 0.000092357 321 100%
1967 353 0.00010398 353 100%
1968 519 0.000153622 519 100%
1969 640 0.000184156 640 100%
1970 1213 0.000336336 1213 100%
1971 1256 0.00036593 1250 6 99%
1972 1126 0.000358257 1121 5 99%
1973 1083 0.000358979 1083 100%
1974 946 0.000311184 946 100%
1975 1015 0.00033616 1010 5 99%
1976 937 0.000308803 937 100%
1977 861 0.000271054 861 100%
1978 892 0.000281045 892 100%
1979 1080 0.000324617 1080 100%
1980 1021 0.000296414 1021 100%
1981 746 0.000215646 746 100%
1982 640 0.000182442 640 100%
1983 640 0.000184793 640 100%
1984 740 0.00021211 740 100%
1985 683 0.000191364 683 100%
1986 1518 0.000426755 1513 5 99%
1987 1024 0.000284002 1018 6 99%
1988 925 0.000250335 925 100%
1989 745 0.000193786 745 100%
1990 706 0.000178622 706 100%
1991 674 0.000173031 674 100%
1992 756 0.00019681 756 100%
1993 667 0.00017691 667 100%
1994 562 0.000151171 562 100%
1995 522 0.000142539 522 100%
1996 475 0.000130237 475 100%
1997 417 0.000115011 417 100%
1998 366 0.000099505 366 100%
1999 326 0.000088254 326 100%
2000 294 0.00007778 294 100%
2001 274 0.000073196 274 100%
2002 270 0.000072226 270 100%
2003 266 0.000069957 266 100%
2004 242 0.000063335 242 100%
2005 187 0.000048637 187 100%
2006 190 0.000048026 190 100%
2007 186 0.000046527 186 100%
2008 160 0.000040706 160 100%
2009 124 0.000032459 124 100%
2010 99 0.000026788 99 100%
2011 79 0.000021598 79 100%
2012 91 0.000024881 91 100%
2013 76 0.000020847 76 100%
2014 67 0.000018077 67 100%
2015 60 0.000016212 60 100%
2016 70 0.00001908 70 100%
2017 48 0.000013422 48 100%
2018 48 0.000013652 48 100%
2019 36 0.000010372 36 100%
2020 25 0.000007484 25 100%
2021 39 0.000011511 39 100%
2022 26 0.000007685 26 100%
2023 18 0.000005436 18 100%
2024 15 0.000004507 15 100%

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