Name profile

Christa

Short form of Christina.

PronunciationGerman /ˈkʁɪs.ta/; English /ˈkɹɪs.tə/
Usage languagesDanish, Dutch, English, German
US rank (2025)#6,546

Meaning and history

Christa is a short form of Christina.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 190 births, rank #1,260
2007: 186 births, rank #1,308
2008: 160 births, rank #1,468
2009: 124 births, rank #1,756
2010: 99 births, rank #2,010
20112011: 79 births, rank #2,346
2012: 91 births, rank #2,095
2013: 76 births, rank #2,385
2014: 67 births, rank #2,615
2015: 61 births, rank #2,846
20162016: 70 births, rank #2,539
2017: 48 births, rank #3,305
2018: 48 births, rank #3,293
2019: 36 births, rank #4,006
2020: 26 births, rank #4,880
20212021: 39 births, rank #3,801
2022: 26 births, rank #5,028
2023: 18 births, rank #6,409
2024: 15 births, rank #7,251
20252025: 17 births, rank #6,546

Christa moved from #896 to #983 for girls between 2003 and 2004. Its highest annual birth count came in 1986, with 1,513 births.