Kristia

Girls' name

Diminutive of Christina

Kristia has been given to 417 babies in the U.S. since 1964. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1980, with 22 recorded.

Babies named Kristia, 2009

1 in 637,000

Kristia over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kristia: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Christina

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kristia means

Kristia is a diminutive of Christina.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Kristia is used in English (Rare).

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Kristia → Christina. The family’s meaning is “Christian (woman)”, recorded in English with the source elements Chrīstiāna.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Christina.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 417 girls were recorded with the name Kristia between 1964 and 2009. Its highest annual count was 22 in 1980; its best national rank was #3,458 in 1966.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Kristia?

Kristia had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2009, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2009: 1 in 637,000; 6 of 3,820,315 births
Among girls only: 1 in 306,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2009: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 441,341 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kristia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2009 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 441,341 children born in 2009 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kristia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kristias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kristia was born before 1984 — so the typical Kristia is around 41 today.

Median birth year: 1984; About 41 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 32.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 47.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 417; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 32.4% of all recorded uses (135).

Is Kristia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1980 (22)
Years since peak: 45; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 42.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,458; 1966

Spellings of Kristia

Kristia is not the most common spelling — Kristen is, with 21.2% against Kristia's 0.04%.

Kristen21.2%218,767
Kristin17.4%179,313
Kristina13.3%136,765
Kristine8.2%84,329
Kristi7.4%76,484
Krista7.2%73,715
Kristy6.8%70,524
Cristina5.1%52,428

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kristia around the world

Where Kristia ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2008–2008
#5,545
in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Kristia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,458; 1966
Peak year: 1980; 22 that year
First recorded: 1964
Last recorded: 2009
All-time count: 417
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kristia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kritika Krimson Krithi Kristell Krislyn Krislynn Krissie Krithika Krisann Kristee Krishvi Krishna Krisley Kriti Kristol Kriston Kristyl Kristel Kristle Krizia Kristyne Krissi Kridha Krisanne

Sibling names for Kristia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Charissa Sharonda Shameka Darci Tosha Candi Siobhan Starla

For a brother

Leopoldo Jerod Wilfredo Antwan Ashley Delvin Chauncey Dusty

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