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It is a little dated, but the fact that it ends in an A (like the popular names Isabella, Emma, Sophia, Olivia, etc.) does make it fit in better. I think Trista is really cute and would have a really unique feel nowadays!

I know a first grader with this name. It is close to Trisha, and there was one in my grade (she was a real BEEEEEEP) and one the year ahead of us.

I've only met one Trista and she's in her early 20s. It doesn't feel dated to me becuase it doesn't seem all that popular.

I just can't get past it meaning sad in Spanish. If I didn't speak Spanish I'd like it.

I like it. It doesn't give off the feel of a particular decade to me, so it doesn't seem dated. Even if it is, at least a little Trista would be unique.

more like 70s/80ish twist on preppy name of the 90s and after?

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Never started hearing Tristan until the 90s and Trista's just a twist on that that happens to rhyme w/ Krista (very 70s... lots of Kristas in my gen.). Not a fan of naming a child something that means sad though, so I'd never use it.