Krista is a dominantly male name, but sometimes female name, in Croatia mostly Croatian, but also Albanian and Serbian. It is one of the relatively common names (among the top two thousand) in Croatia, with over two hundred namesakes living there.
The relative popularity of names Krista in Croatia
The name Krista was the most popular from years 1923 to 1932. The peak year was 1923. It was the least popular from years 1966 to 1977.
Prevalence
Name Krista is present almost exclusively in the north of the country. Most of the persons named Krista live in the following cities and municipalities: Zagreb (about forty), Đulovac (less than twenty), Rovišće (less than ten). Relatively speaking, the city with the highest percentage of namesakes is Đulovac (0.24% of total population).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
