Christalyn — girls' name
296 babies named Christalyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
296 girls have been named Christalyn since 1971, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2018.
- 296
- total births
- 1971–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 24%
- born in that decade
24% of everyone ever named Christalyn was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Christalyn in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Christalyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 296 babies named Christalyn between 1971 and 2018, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Christalyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Christalyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Christalyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Christalyn 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 296 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.
Christalyn at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Christalyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1971
- Peak year (2007)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
296 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 13 births in a single year.
Christalyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 71 births that decade — 24% of Christalyn's all-time total
Christalyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Christalyn's strongest decade
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
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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, 1971–2018 (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.