Christal — #11130 US girls' name
9,697 babies named Christal in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 37% of names given to girls today.
29% of everyone ever named Christal was born in this single decade.
352 babies were named Christal in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Christal
The Social Security Administration has registered 9,697 babies named Christal between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Christal currently holds the #11130 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 352 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Christal performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 2,846 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Christal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,010 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Christal in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Christal 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 9,697 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.
Christal at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Christal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1913
- Peak year (1978)
- 352
- Annual births at peak — across 112 years of records
Currently ranks #11130 among girls.
9,697 total births across 112 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 352 births in a single year.
Christal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 2,846 births that decade — 29% of Christal's all-time total
Christal decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,846 births
- Runner-up 2,519 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Christal's strongest decade
2,846 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Christal by state
Where Christal concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,010 | 10.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 885 | 9.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 602 | 6.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 373 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 365 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 333 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 283 | 2.9% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 280 | 2.9% |
1,010 of 9,697 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.4% of nationwide
- Texas 9.1% of nationwide
- New York 6.2% of nationwide
- Florida 3.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 39 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Christal appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1913–2024 (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.