Girls' name · since 1917
Christella
749 babies named Christella in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,131 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,519 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 749
- born since 1917
- 1950s
- peak decade
749 babies have been named Christella since 1917, making it today's #9519 girls' name.
Christella has 749 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9519 as of the latest data, more common than 45% of girls, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #9,131 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,519 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 749 born since 1917
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Christella ranks #9,131 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,519 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 749 born since 1917, peaking in the 1950s.
- #9,131 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,519 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 749
- born since 1917
- 1950s
- peak decade
Christella's 749 recorded births place it above 87.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Christella compares
749 Top 37% higher than 63% of 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
Christella's all-time total is 99% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Christella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 749 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Christella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Christella splits its recorded history at 1967: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1924 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1973 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Christella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1973)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Christella by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (120 births, 16% of the file).
1950s was Christella's strongest decade.
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Christella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 13
1910s
13 births
- 1920s
1920s
51 births
- 1930s
1930s
60 births
- 1940s
1940s
58 births
- 1950s
1950s
120 births
- 1960s
1960s
115 births
- 1970s
1970s
105 births
- 1980s
1980s
79 births
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 27
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 120 births (16% of all-time use).
How Christella compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Christella's total volume
Christella by state
Where Christella concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
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What to do with Christella's data
- Christella's decade-level peak was the 1950s (120 total births); usage has since declined to 39 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Christellas (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Christella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Christella 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.