Girls' name · since 1917
Cristela
Cristela has 623 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,294 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,325 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 623
- born since 1917
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Cristela is the #13325 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 623 recorded since 1917.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cristela has been recorded 623 times among girls since 1917, currently ranked #13325 nationally and more common than 23% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #10,294 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,325 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 623 born since 1917
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cristela ranks #10,294 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,325 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 623 born since 1917, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,294 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,325 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 623
- born since 1917
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cristela's 623 recorded births place it above 85.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Cristela compares
623 Top 41% higher than 59% 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
Cristela's all-time total is 66% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cristela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 623 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cristela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cristela's full recorded timeline at 1978, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cristela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Cristela by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (111 births, 18% of the file).
1980s was Cristela's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Cristela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 36
1940s
36 births
- 1950s
1950s
56 births
- 1960s
1960s
110 births
- 1970s
1970s
108 births
- 1980s
1980s
111 births
- 1990s
1990s
111 births
- 2000s 44
2000s
44 births
- 2010s 26
2010s
26 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 111 births (18% of all-time use).
How Cristela 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 Cristela's total volume
Cristela by state
Where Cristela concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 291 | 46.7% |
| #2 | California | | 26 | 4.2% |
291 of 623 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Cristela's data
- Cristela's decade-level peak was the 1980s (111 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Cristelas (291 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 Cristela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
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 Cristela 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.