Girls' name · since 1973
Cristol
Cristol has 62 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cristol is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 62 have been recorded since 1973.
Cristol has 62 recorded births among girls since 1973, 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 1973 to 1995.
- #32,453 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 62 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cristol ranks #32,453 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 62 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #32,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Cristol's 62 recorded births place it above 54.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cristol's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cristol's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cristol popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1995
- Peak year (1980)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Cristol by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (33 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Cristol's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Cristol births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 33 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Cristol's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (33 total births) through the 1990s (11) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Cristol: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~22 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, 1973–1995 (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 Cristol 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.