Christol — girls' name
243 babies named Christol in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
243 girls have been named Christol since 1958, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1994.
- 243
- total births
- 1958–1994
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Christol was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Christol in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Christol
The Social Security Administration has registered 243 babies named Christol between 1958 and 1994, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Christol currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Christol performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Christol shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Christol in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Christol 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 243 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.
Christol at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Christol popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1958
- Peak year (1979)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
243 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 20 births in a single year.
Christol by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 116 births that decade — 48% of Christol's all-time total
Christol decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Christol's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Christol by state
Where Christol concentrates geographically — total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 243 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1958–1994 (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.