Christal

Where Christal comes from

Christal hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #3,187 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Peak, #525
    352 babies named Christal — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1989
    Christal Clashing born
    Antiguan swimmer
  4. 1989
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,091.
  5. 2004
    Christal Bezerra born
    gymnast
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Christal Clashing · Antiguan swimmer, born 1989
  • Christal Bezerra · gymnast, born 2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.