Girls' name · since 1969
Christyl
Since 1969, U.S. Social Security records show 142 babies named Christyl, peaking in 1981. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,329 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 142
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Christyl is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 142 have been recorded since 1969.
Christyl has 142 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1999.
- #23,329 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 142 born since 1969
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Christyl ranks #23,329 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 142 born since 1969, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,329 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 142
- born since 1969
- 1980s
- peak decade
Christyl's 142 recorded births place it above 67.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Christyl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Christyl's full recorded timeline at 1982, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1981 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Christyl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1999
- Peak year (1981)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Christyl by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (65 births, 46% of the file).
1980s was Christyl's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Christyl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
47 births
- 1980s
1980s
65 births
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 65 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Christyl's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (65 total births) through the 1990s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Christyl: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1969–1999 (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 Christyl 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.