Trista

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning sad; a feminine form of Tristram.

Babies a year
28
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Trista by the numbers

Trista was given to 28 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 1,216 babies in 1984, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Trista. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Trisha30 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Trisa3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tristynsad; a spelling variant of Tristan123 in the US (2017)
  • Trinapure; a form of katrina22 in the US (2017)
  • Triciaof patrician rank; a form of Patricia17 in the US (2017)
  • Tristainsad; a spelling variant of Tristan8 in the US (2017)

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