Christel
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #8,443
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 202 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,712since 1912
Christel over time
Rank among girls' names. Christel 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 |
| 1999 | #5,039 | 21 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #3,969 | 26 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 |
| 1992 | #3,866 | 27 |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 |
| 1989 | #2,618 | 43 |
| 1988 | #3,095 | 32 |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 1986 | #2,344 | 43 |
| 1985 | #2,172 | 48 |
| 1984 | #1,616 | 68 |
| 1983 | #1,485 | 77 |
| 1982 | #1,653 | 69 |
| 1981 | #1,549 | 77 |
| 1980 | #1,351 | 93 |
| 1979 | #1,154 | 115 |
| 1978 | #762 | 202 |
| 1977 | #814 | 184 |
| 1976 | #839 | 164 |
| 1975 | #845 | 158 |
| 1974 | #841 | 156 |
| 1973 | #839 | 155 |
| 1972 | #928 | 132 |
| 1971 | #902 | 147 |
| 1970 | #974 | 129 |
| 1969 | #1,290 | 76 |
| 1968 | #1,776 | 44 |
| 1967 | #1,732 | 44 |
| 1966 | #1,416 | 60 |
| 1965 | #1,672 | 45 |
| 1964 | #1,419 | 63 |
| 1963 | #1,464 | 58 |
| 1962 | #1,376 | 65 |
| 1961 | #1,921 | 36 |
| 1960 | #1,617 | 48 |
| 1959 | #1,794 | 38 |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 |
| 1957 | #1,754 | 38 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 |
| 1953 | #1,758 | 32 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Christel! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Christel is popular in 1965
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#1,033 · 1 in 18,258
- New York#1,266 · 1 in 25,620
- California#1,467 · 1 in 26,946
Best ever in a state: #280 in South Carolina, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #1,033 | 5 | 1 in 18,258 |
| New York | #1,266 | 6 | 1 in 25,620 |
| California | #1,467 | 6 | 1 in 26,946 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Christel
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 316 spots in 1970 (#1,290 → #974)
- Biggest drop: 392 spots in 1979 (#762 → #1,154)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1978 at #762 (202 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1970–1978
- Highest: 1 in 7,583 girls born in 1978 were named Christel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 135,016 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 41.5% of all girls named Christel (1,542) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 26 | #2,979 (1912) | #3,794 |
| 1920s | 38 | #4,195 (1928) | #4,647 |
| 1930s | 75 | #2,689 (1936) | #3,165 |
| 1940s | 88 | #2,424 (1940) | #3,043 |
| 1950s | 285 | #1,630 (1958) | #2,154 |
| 1960s | 539 | #1,290 (1969) | #1,568 |
| 1970s | 1,542 | #762 (1978) | #890 |
| 1980s | 585 | #1,351 (1980) | #2,066 |
| 1990s | 227 | #3,156 (1990) | #4,699 |
| 2000s | 162 | #5,208 (2004) | #7,612 |
| 2010s | 101 | #7,118 (2011) | #9,654 |
| 2020s | 44 | #8,443 (2024) | #11,022 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Christel in 1965
Top girls' names in 1965
More about 1965
girls
1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 39,226 of them was named Christel, which outranked 77.8% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,655Thalia46
- #1,655Tressie46
- #1,655Vernetta46
- #1,672Christel45
- #1,672Adeline45
- #1,672Aurelia45
- #1,672Daniele45
- #1,689Anglea44
- #1,689Blair44
- #1,689Britt44
Tied with 16 names at #1,672; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.