Christabel — #8431 US girls' name
787 babies named Christabel in U.S. Social Security records since 1901, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Christabel was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Christabel in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Christabel
The Social Security Administration has registered 787 babies named Christabel between 1901 and 2024, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Christabel currently holds the #8431 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Christabel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 233 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Christabel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Christabel in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Christabel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 787 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Christabel at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Christabel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1901
- Peak year (2014)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 124 years of records
Currently ranks #8431 among girls.
787 total births across 124 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 34 births in a single year.
Christabel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 233 births that decade — 30% of Christabel's all-time total
Christabel decade highlights
- Peak decade 233 births
- Runner-up 161 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Christabel's strongest decade
233 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Christabel by state
Where Christabel concentrates geographically — total births since 1901
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 41 | 5.2% |
| #2 | California | | 31 | 3.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.6% |
41 of 787 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.2% of nationwide
- California 3.9% of nationwide
- New York 0.9% of nationwide
- Virginia 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1901–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.