Christal

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births

Peak · girls
1978 · 352 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,710
since 1913

Christal over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Christal has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #525, 1978girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,88513
2024#11,1228
2023#8,98911
2022#7,28115
2021#8,46412
2020#8,95311
2019#8,13813
2018#7,76214
2017#5,51723
2016#5,28425
2015#5,28825
2014#4,26934
2013#4,07636
2012#3,71142
2011#3,13253
2010#3,01056
2009#3,56145
2008#2,41979
2007#2,56872
2006#2,39678
2005#2,67063
2004#2,04489
2003#2,16780
2002#2,41466
2001#1,750102
2000#1,88590
1999#1,78689
1998#1,392123
1997#1,400120
1996#1,446113
1995#1,474108
1994#1,277133
1993#1,202144
1992#1,082167
1991#1,106162
1990#1,029175
1989#1,091153
1988#940179
1987#844206
1986#797211
1985#690258
1984#652267
1983#574313
1982#546347
1981#621292
1980#621293
1979#552337
1978#525352
1977#529346
1976#560300
1975#587276
1974#598264
1973#546306
1972#645236
1971#670233
1970#753196
1969#739188
1968#974114
1967#959113
1966#972110
1965#1,042101
1964#950122
1963#1,18884
1962#1,19285
1961#1,21782
1960#1,26675
1959#1,20878
1958#1,27469
1957#1,22873
1956#1,45353
1955#1,08786
1954#1,07683
1953#1,18866
1952#1,22560
1951#1,29252
1950#1,95524
1949#3,6129
1948#3,5939
1947#3,06112
1946#3,03411
1945#4,0256
1944
1943#4,6915
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1932#3,2748
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1930#4,0476
1929#4,0536
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1926#3,8737
1925#4,0287
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1922#4,0117
1921#5,0995
1920#4,3986
1919#4,8145
1918#3,8697
1917#4,0836
1916
1915#4,2745
1914#3,1886
1913#3,1875
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five girls were named Christal! It came in at #3,187, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Christal is popular in 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedMNIllinois: #956 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 13,945 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedWIMichigan: #776 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 11,575 girlsMINew York: #1,293 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 22,707 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedINOhio: #830 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 13,768 girlsOHPennsylvania: #601 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,656 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,337 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 19,225 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedNEMissouri: #592 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,577 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedWVVirginia: #512 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,492 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #493 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,910 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedMSAlabama: #569 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,221 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedHITexas: #1,161 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,655 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#493 · 1 in 4,910
  2. Virginia#512 · 1 in 5,492
  3. Alabama#569 · 1 in 5,221
  4. Missouri#592 · 1 in 6,577
  5. Pennsylvania#601 · 1 in 7,656

Best ever in a state: #194 in Maine, 1973.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Carolina#49381 in 4,910
Virginia#51261 in 5,492
Alabama#56951 in 5,221
Missouri#59251 in 6,577
Pennsylvania#601111 in 7,656
Michigan#77661 in 11,575
Ohio#83061 in 13,768
Illinois#95661 in 13,945
Texas#1,16161 in 15,655
New York#1,29361 in 22,707
California#1,33781 in 19,225
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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 Christal
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 3,237 spots since 2024 (#11,122#7,885)
  • 1,068 spots since 2020 (#8,953#7,885)
  • 2,597 spots since 2015 (#5,288#7,885)
  • Biggest jump: 238 spots in 1964 (#1,188#950)
  • Biggest drop: 151 spots in 1989 (#940#1,091)
Rise & fade · girls
65 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1978 at #525 (352 births)
  • Births halved by 1989, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1966–1988
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,352
  • Highest: 1 in 4,352 girls born in 1978 were named Christal (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 29.3% of all girls named Christal (2,846) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s34#3,187 (1913)#3,903
1920s38#3,873 (1926)#4,244
1930s14#3,274 (1932)#3,661
1940s52#3,034 (1946)#3,669
1950s644#1,076 (1954)#1,299
1960s1,074#739 (1969)#1,050
1970s2,846#525 (1978)#597
1980s2,519#546 (1982)#738
1990s1,334#1,029 (1990)#1,319
2000s764#1,750 (2001)#2,387
2010s321#3,010 (2010)#5,019
2020s70#7,281 (2022)#8,782

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.

Christal in 1968

girls
#974
114 births · 1 in 14,389 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #974Christal114
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 14,389 of them was named Christal, which outranked 88.1% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christal
  1. #966Tessa115
  2. #966Treva115
  3. #966Vickey115
  4. #974Christal114
  5. #974Bernadine114
  6. #974Rolanda114
  7. #974Romona114
  8. #978Christian113
  9. #978Dolly113
  10. #978Henrietta113

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. 3,132Coretta#3,656#524
  2. 1,257Tamika#1,980#723
  3. 1,150Tamiko#1,702#552
  4. 607Chantel#1,348#741
  5. 490Chantal#1,441#951
Fallers
  1. 602Wende#857#1,459
  2. 545Zina#959#1,504
  3. 341Evonne#970#1,311
  4. 294Portia#902#1,196
  5. 285Mariann#973#1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1968