Trista
Trista is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Trista Sutter, American television personality Trista Seara, American professional soccer player Trista Mateer, American poet and visual artist Trista Piccola, former director of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families Trista Elizabeth Eng, American murder victim Trista Vick-Majors, American biological science professor
- English
Meaning & Origin of Trista
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Trista is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Trista Sutter, American television personality Trista Seara, American professional soccer player Trista Mateer, American poet and visual artist Trista Piccola, former director of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families Trista Elizabeth Eng, American murder victim Trista Vick-Majors, American biological science professor
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Trista
American parents first put Trista on the record books as a baby girl name in 1960, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1984, when 1,215 Tristas were born — ranking #214 that year. About 40% of every Trista on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Trista ranks #10,006 for baby girls with 5 births, falling sharply (-64%). All told, over 12K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Trista
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Names that sound like Trista
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About the name Trista
Trista is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1960 and has accumulated 12K births in the dataset. Trista's peak popularity came in 1984 when it ranked #214. Use the chart and map above to compare Trista's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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