Castiel
- Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088
- #1,008 for boys in 2025, 224 births
- Given to boys 99.2% of the time
- Around 2008: Supernatural (TV)
- Peak · boys
- 2019 · 337 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,891since 2009
Castiel over time
Rank among boys' names. Castiel has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,008 | 224 | |
| 2024 | — | #817 | 306 | |
| 2023 | — | #926 | 249 | |
| 2022 | — | #824 | 301 | |
| 2021 | — | #809 | 301 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #886 | 255 |
| 2019 | — | #723 | 337 | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #761 | 309 |
| 2017 | — | #798 | 286 | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #769 | 315 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #821 | 276 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #864 | 255 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #948 | 210 |
| 2012 | — | #1,367 | 123 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,738 | 84 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,579 | 47 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,436 | 13 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Castiel! It came in at #6,436, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2009, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.
Where Castiel is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#360 · 1 in 1,300
- Arizona#463 · 1 in 2,182
- Oklahoma#621 · 1 in 2,947
- California#731 · 1 in 4,874
- Indiana#773 · 1 in 4,523
Best ever in a state: #194 in Rhode Island, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Mexico | #360 | 5 | 1 in 1,300 |
| Arizona | #463 | 15 | 1 in 2,182 |
| Oklahoma | #621 | 6 | 1 in 2,947 |
| California | #731 | 36 | 1 in 4,874 |
| Indiana | #773 | 7 | 1 in 4,523 |
| Wisconsin | #785 | 5 | 1 in 4,686 |
| Missouri | #789 | 6 | 1 in 4,635 |
| Minnesota | #807 | 5 | 1 in 4,900 |
| Texas | #809 | 33 | 1 in 5,305 |
| Ohio | #940 | 8 | 1 in 6,567 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| New Jersey | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 7,953 |
| Florida | #1,126 | 11 | 1 in 8,685 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| New York | #1,410 | 7 | 1 in 12,060 |
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See more about Castiel
- 122 spots since 2020 (#886 → #1,008)
- Biggest jump: 419 spots in 2013
- Biggest drop: 191 spots in 2025
- Debuted 2009
- Peaked 2019 at #723 (337 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2013–2024
- Highest: 1 in 5,324 boys born in 2019 were named Castiel (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,625 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 57.6% of all boys named Castiel (2,242) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13 | #6,436 (2009) | #6,436 |
| 2010s | 2,242 | #723 (2019) | #1,137 |
| 2020s | 1,636 | #809 (2021) | #878 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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