Castiel
Castiel is ranked 816th among boys in 2024 (306 births). Its best rank was 724th, in 2019.
- Rank in 2024
- #816up 110 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3060.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2019336 births
- Best rank
- #724in 2019
- Since 2009
- 3,660people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,660 boys have been named Castiel in the United States since 2009, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 336 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 869 → 816).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2010s alone account for 61%. It has spent 12 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2019, its biggest year
Castiel was the 724th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Castiel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Axlepeak 2021
- Axtonpeak 2021
- Huckpeak 2018
- Advikpeak 2017
- Knoxpeak 2022
- Jaxxpeak 2019
- Dashpeak 2017
- Lochlanpeak 2018
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.