Recorded 1973–1995 Girls' name Peak 1980 62 births

Cristol — girls' name

62 babies named Cristol in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s181980s331990s11
1980s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Cristol was born in this single decade.

1980
Single peak year

8 babies were named Cristol in 1980 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Cristol

The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Cristol between 1973 and 1995, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cristol currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cristol performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Cristol shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cristol 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 62 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.

Cristol at a glance

Last recorded 1995

Total births

62

Since 1973

23 years of records

Peak year

1980

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1995

Active since

1973

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 1995

Cristol popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1973

Last recorded 1995
Peak year (1980)
8
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
456789 1995199219881987198619821980197819771973 7

Cristol by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
33 births that decade — 53% of Cristol's all-time total
1970s181980s331990s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cristol?
62 babies have been named Cristol since 1973. It was last recorded in 1995. The peak year was 1980 with 8 births.
When was Cristol most popular?
Cristol was most popular in the 1980s decade with 33 total births. The single peak year was 1980.
How long has the name Cristol been used?
Cristol has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 23 years of data through 1995.
What names are similar to Cristol?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cristina, Cristal, Cristy, Cristin, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1973–1995 (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.