Kristel
Kristel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 46 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 460.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1982145 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1952
- 2,959people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,959 girls have been named Kristel in the United States since 1952, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 145 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 30%.
By decade
In 1982, its biggest year
Kristel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Kristel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Abrapeak 1983
- Seemapeak 1981
- Charapeak 1982
- Reenapeak 1980
- Aprylpeak 1981
- Jenellepeak 1981
- Jennipeak 1972
- Bevinpeak 1978
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.