Christal
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 352 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,710since 1913
Christal over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Christal has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #7,885 | 13 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 |
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 |
| 2014 | #4,269 | 34 |
| 2013 | #4,076 | 36 |
| 2012 | #3,711 | 42 |
| 2011 | #3,132 | 53 |
| 2010 | #3,010 | 56 |
| 2009 | #3,561 | 45 |
| 2008 | #2,419 | 79 |
| 2007 | #2,568 | 72 |
| 2006 | #2,396 | 78 |
| 2005 | #2,670 | 63 |
| 2004 | #2,044 | 89 |
| 2003 | #2,167 | 80 |
| 2002 | #2,414 | 66 |
| 2001 | #1,750 | 102 |
| 2000 | #1,885 | 90 |
| 1999 | #1,786 | 89 |
| 1998 | #1,392 | 123 |
| 1997 | #1,400 | 120 |
| 1996 | #1,446 | 113 |
| 1995 | #1,474 | 108 |
| 1994 | #1,277 | 133 |
| 1993 | #1,202 | 144 |
| 1992 | #1,082 | 167 |
| 1991 | #1,106 | 162 |
| 1990 | #1,029 | 175 |
| 1989 | #1,091 | 153 |
| 1988 | #940 | 179 |
| 1987 | #844 | 206 |
| 1986 | #797 | 211 |
| 1985 | #690 | 258 |
| 1984 | #652 | 267 |
| 1983 | #574 | 313 |
| 1982 | #546 | 347 |
| 1981 | #621 | 292 |
| 1980 | #621 | 293 |
| 1979 | #552 | 337 |
| 1978 | #525 | 352 |
| 1977 | #529 | 346 |
| 1976 | #560 | 300 |
| 1975 | #587 | 276 |
| 1974 | #598 | 264 |
| 1973 | #546 | 306 |
| 1972 | #645 | 236 |
| 1971 | #670 | 233 |
| 1970 | #753 | 196 |
| 1969 | #739 | 188 |
| 1968 | #974 | 114 |
| 1967 | #959 | 113 |
| 1966 | #972 | 110 |
| 1965 | #1,042 | 101 |
| 1964 | #950 | 122 |
| 1963 | #1,188 | 84 |
| 1962 | #1,192 | 85 |
| 1961 | #1,217 | 82 |
| 1960 | #1,266 | 75 |
| 1959 | #1,208 | 78 |
| 1958 | #1,274 | 69 |
| 1957 | #1,228 | 73 |
| 1956 | #1,453 | 53 |
| 1955 | #1,087 | 86 |
| 1954 | #1,076 | 83 |
| 1953 | #1,188 | 66 |
| 1952 | #1,225 | 60 |
| 1951 | #1,292 | 52 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
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| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 |
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| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
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| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
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| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
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| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
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| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
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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 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Maine#194 · 1 in 990
- Oklahoma#243 · 1 in 1,183
- West Virginia#254 · 1 in 1,423
- Arkansas#289 · 1 in 1,557
- Missouri#293 · 1 in 1,822
Best ever in a state: #194 in Maine, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #194 | 6 | 1 in 990 |
| Oklahoma | #243 | 13 | 1 in 1,183 |
| West Virginia | #254 | 8 | 1 in 1,423 |
| Arkansas | #289 | 8 | 1 in 1,557 |
| Missouri | #293 | 16 | 1 in 1,822 |
| North Carolina | #300 | 19 | 1 in 1,835 |
| Kentucky | #305 | 12 | 1 in 1,933 |
| Virginia | #338 | 12 | 1 in 2,339 |
| Tennessee | #349 | 12 | 1 in 2,287 |
| South Carolina | #354 | 8 | 1 in 2,297 |
| Georgia | #388 | 13 | 1 in 2,621 |
| Pennsylvania | #397 | 22 | 1 in 3,071 |
| Louisiana | #439 | 10 | 1 in 2,568 |
| Minnesota | #442 | 5 | 1 in 4,555 |
| Maryland | #475 | 5 | 1 in 3,761 |
| Arizona | #497 | 5 | 1 in 2,956 |
| Indiana | #566 | 6 | 1 in 5,909 |
| Alabama | #567 | 5 | 1 in 4,593 |
| Florida | #598 | 9 | 1 in 4,772 |
| Texas | #633 | 20 | 1 in 4,718 |
| Illinois | #743 | 10 | 1 in 7,021 |
| Michigan | #765 | 7 | 1 in 8,412 |
| Ohio | #792 | 7 | 1 in 10,036 |
| California | #803 | 18 | 1 in 7,266 |
| New York | #879 | 11 | 1 in 9,395 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 34 | #3,187 (1913) | #3,903 |
| 1920s | 38 | #3,873 (1926) | #4,244 |
| 1930s | 14 | #3,274 (1932) | #3,661 |
| 1940s | 52 | #3,034 (1946) | #3,669 |
| 1950s | 644 | #1,076 (1954) | #1,299 |
| 1960s | 1,074 | #739 (1969) | #1,050 |
| 1970s | 2,846 | #525 (1978) | #597 |
| 1980s | 2,519 | #546 (1982) | #738 |
| 1990s | 1,334 | #1,029 (1990) | #1,319 |
| 2000s | 764 | #1,750 (2001) | #2,387 |
| 2010s | 321 | #3,010 (2010) | #5,019 |
| 2020s | 70 | #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 1973
girls
#546
306 births · 1 in 4,765 girls
Top girls' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 4,765 of them was named Christal, which outranked 94.4% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).