Christa

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Christa: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Christa: Recorded since 1977, with a gap of 18 years, its highest recorded position is #518, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
48years from first to last
#518highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Christa's record

Absent from every published list for 18 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#1958
1998	#2165
1999	#1675
2000	#1594
2001	#2226
2002	#2301
2003	#3594
2004	#3725
2005	#4798
2006	#2137
2007	#2895
2008	#1815
2010	#2843
2011	#3185
2012	#2969
2013	#5742
2014	#4003
2015	#2496
2016	#4763
2018	#4684
2022	#3970
2023	#5687
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1977–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1755 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Christa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Christa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	34	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	67	9 of 10	7
2010s	49	8 of 10	6
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Christa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1977 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #518 in Republic of Ireland in 1977.

Christa's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1815	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1594	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1977 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #518, first reached in 1977.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 18 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 19 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Chole · #343, 12y
Chris · #87, 59y
Christabel · #629, 29y
Christel · #170, 54y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amine · #518, 29y
Andrey · #518, 24y
Eren · #518, 29y
Fawaz · #518, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Hester · #518, 30y
Janie · #518, 22y
Nathania · #518, 30y
Evita · #522, 24y

Christa was ranked #518 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1977. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Christa and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Christa without appearing here.

Christa moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4798 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2969 and #5876.
Kristy Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4798 and #2438 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2137 and #2509.

Moved ahead of Christa

Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Luca Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2969 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2649.
Maren Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #4645 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2927.
Rory Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2496 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1977.

Moved the opposite way to Christa

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Christa went from #1755 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Christa went from #1755 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Christa went from #1755 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Christa went from #1755 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Christa

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Christa went from #1755 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Christa went from #1755 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Christa went from #1755 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Christa went from #1755 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1977 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #518 in Republic of Ireland in 1977. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Christa

Christa at a glance

What stands out in Christa's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Christa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Christa at a glance

What stands out in Christa's record

Christa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Christa appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Christa

Christa and the names beside it

Christa moved ahead of

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