Kristelle — girls' name
288 babies named Kristelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Kristelle was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Kristelle in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kristelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 288 babies named Kristelle between 1967 and 2021, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kristelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kristelle performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kristelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kristelle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kristelle 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 288 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.
Kristelle at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kristelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1967
- Peak year (2011)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
288 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 14 births in a single year.
Kristelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 75 births that decade — 26% of Kristelle's all-time total
Kristelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 75 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kristelle's strongest decade
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Kristelle by state
Where Kristelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 4.2% |
12 of 288 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1967–2021 (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.