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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #525, 1978girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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
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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
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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 1974

  • 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: #514 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,929 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #729 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,972 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedWIMichigan: #638 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,336 girlsMINew York: #1,130 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,894 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: #385 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,909 girlsINOhio: #491 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 4,674 girlsOHPennsylvania: #711 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,356 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,067 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 11,385 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: #618 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,934 girlsMOKentucky: #410 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,254 girlsKYWest Virginia: #224 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,117 girlsWVVirginia: #428 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,469 girlsVAMaryland: #476 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,709 girlsMDDelaware: 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: #304 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,602 girlsARTennessee: #406 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,054 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #380 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,820 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #327 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,760 girlsOKLouisiana: #362 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,910 girlsLAMississippi: #344 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,785 girlsMSAlabama: #304 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,734 girlsALGeorgia: #576 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,714 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Christal, so not publishedHITexas: #607 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,545 girlsTXFlorida: #808 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,283 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#224 · 1 in 1,117
  2. Arkansas#304 · 1 in 1,602
  3. Alabama#304 · 1 in 1,734
  4. Oklahoma#327 · 1 in 1,760
  5. Mississippi#344 · 1 in 1,785

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#224101 in 1,117
Alabama#304131 in 1,734
Arkansas#30481 in 1,602
Oklahoma#32791 in 1,760
Mississippi#34491 in 1,785
Louisiana#362131 in 1,910
North Carolina#380121 in 2,820
Indiana#385121 in 2,909
Tennessee#40691 in 3,054
Kentucky#41071 in 3,254
Virginia#42881 in 3,469
Maryland#47651 in 3,709
Ohio#491151 in 4,674
Washington#51451 in 3,929
Georgia#57671 in 4,714
Texas#607211 in 4,545
Missouri#61851 in 5,934
Michigan#63891 in 6,336
Pennsylvania#71181 in 8,356
Illinois#729101 in 6,972
Florida#80861 in 7,283
California#1,067121 in 11,385
New York#1,13081 in 12,894
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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 1974

girls
#598
264 births · 1 in 5,559 girls

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #598Christal264
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 5,559 of them was named Christal, which outranked 94.2% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Christal
  1. #595Jason266
  2. #595Joni266
  3. #597Danelle265
  4. #598Christal264
  5. #598Ivy264
  6. #600Gayle263
  7. #601Bernice262
  8. #601Cori262

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

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1974 →