Girls' name · since 1930
Cristel
Cristel has 1,037 recorded births since 1930 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,319 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,917 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,037
- born since 1930
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,037 babies have been named Cristel since 1930, making it today's #3917 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cristel has been recorded 1,037 times among girls since 1930, currently ranked #3917 nationally and more common than 77% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1930 to 2025.
- #7,319 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,917 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,037 born since 1930
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cristel ranks #7,319 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,917 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,037 born since 1930, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,319 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,917 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,037
- born since 1930
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cristel's 1,037 recorded births place it above 89.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Cristel compares
1,037 Top 32% higher than 68% 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
Cristel's all-time total is 176% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cristel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,037 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 95 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cristel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cristel's full recorded timeline at 1996, 73% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 27% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1930, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 95 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cristel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 95
- Annual births at peak, across 96 years of records
Cristel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (351 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Cristel's strongest decade.
351 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Cristel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s 114
1970s
114 births
- 1980s 92
1980s
92 births
- 1990s 91
1990s
91 births
- 2000s 119
2000s
119 births
- 2010s
2010s
351 births
- 2020s
2020s
248 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 351 births (34% of all-time use).
How Cristel 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 Cristel's total volume
Cristel by state
Where Cristel concentrates geographically, total births since 1930
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 83 | 8.0% |
| #2 | California | | 76 | 7.3% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | New York | | 5 | 0.5% |
83 of 1,037 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Cristel's data
- Cristel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (351 total births) through the 2020s (248) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Cristels (83 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cristel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~95 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, 1930–2025 (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 Cristel 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.