Girls' name · since 1974
Khristal
Since 1974, U.S. Social Security records show 45 babies named Khristal, peaking in 1974. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 45
- total births
- 1974–2014
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
Khristal sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 45 recorded since 1974.
Khristal has 45 recorded births among girls since 1974, 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 1974 to 2014.
- 45 total births
- 1974–2014 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 51% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Khristal's 45 recorded births place it above 50% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Khristal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Khristal's full recorded timeline at 1989, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Khristal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2014
- Peak year (1974)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Khristal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Khristal's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Khristal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 23 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Khristal's decade-level peak was the 1980s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1974–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Khristal: Baby Name Since 1974 - 45 Births, Peak 1974." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/khristal. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Khristal 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 July 2026.