Christel — #8440 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Christel

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,711 babies named Christel between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Christel currently holds the #8440 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 201 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Christel performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,541 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Christel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 254 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Christel in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Christel 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 3,711 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.