Christel
Christel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. Its best rank was 767th, in 1978.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1978201 births
- Best rank
- #767in 1978
- Since 1912
- 3,711people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,711 girls have been named Christel in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 201 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1975, and the 1970s alone account for 42%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Christel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 26 | |
| 1920s | 38 | |
| 1930s | 75 | |
| 1940s | 88 | |
| 1950s | 285 | |
| 1960s | 539 | |
| 1970s | 1,541 | |
| 1980s | 585 | |
| 1990s | 227 | |
| 2000s | 162 | |
| 2010s | 101 | |
| 2020s | 44 |
In 1978, its biggest year
Christel was the 767th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1978 were Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Christel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Christypeak 1975
- Tawanapeak 1974
- Christiepeak 1975
- Karriepeak 1977
- Toyapeak 1976
- Windypeak 1975
- Tajuanapeak 1972
- Kareypeak 1975
Other spellings in the data
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.