Girls' name · since 1979
Christabelle
Christabelle has 274 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,603 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 274
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Christabelle is the #13603 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 274 recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Christabelle has been recorded 274 times among girls since 1979, currently ranked #13603 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #16,686 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,603 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 274 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Christabelle ranks #16,686 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,603 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 274 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,603 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 274
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Christabelle's 274 recorded births place it above 76.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Christabelle compares
274 43rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Christabelle's all-time total is 27% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Christabelle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 274 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Christabelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Christabelle splits its recorded history at 2003: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Christabelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Christabelle by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (88 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Christabelle's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Christabelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 32
1980s
32 births
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
88 births
- 2010s
2010s
82 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 88 births (32% of all-time use).
Christabelle by state
Where Christabelle concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 4.0% |
11 of 274 births nationwide.
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What to do with Christabelle's data
- Christabelle's decade-level peak was the 2000s (88 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Christabelles (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Christabelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Christabelle draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.