Kristel — #3396 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kristel

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,959 babies named Kristel between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kristel currently holds the #3396 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 145 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kristel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 896 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kristel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 321 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kristel in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kristel 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 2,959 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.