Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Christel

#2,983 most common girls' name of all time · #5,122 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1912–2024

Rank among girls
#2,983
Rank overall
#5,122 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
3,712
Since 2016
77
Peak year
1978 #764
Best rank
#764 1978
Girls Boys peak 202/yr
192019401960198020002020

Christel first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 12 12 #8,480
2023 11 11 #9,045
2022 9 9 #10,461
2021 7 7 #12,296
2020 5 5 #15,227
2018 12 12 #8,680
2017 9 9 #10,762
2016 12 12 #8,935
2015 9 9 #10,943
2014 9 9 #11,020
2013 10 10 #10,294
2012 9 9 #11,314
2011 17 17 #7,152
2010 14 14 #8,298
2009 7 7 #13,795
2008 11 11 #10,138
2007 19 19 #6,837
2006 19 19 #6,612
2005 21 21 #5,823
2004 24 24 #5,225
2003 13 13 #8,047
2002 16 16 #6,739
2001 18 18 #6,099
2000 14 14 #7,203
1999 21 21 #5,066
1998 13 13 #7,153
1997 25 25 #4,255
1996 16 16 #5,813
1995 26 26 #3,992
1994 20 20 #4,863
1993 21 21 #4,702
1992 27 27 #3,881
1991 23 23 #4,361
1990 35 35 #3,176
1989 43 43 #2,631
1988 32 32 #3,110
1987 35 35 #2,793
1986 43 43 #2,351
1985 48 48 #2,184
1984 68 68 #1,620
1983 77 77 #1,487
1982 69 69 #1,659
1981 77 77 #1,552
1980 93 93 #1,355
1979 115 115 #1,158
1978 202 202 #764
1977 184 184 #817
1976 164 164 #839
1975 158 158 #847
1974 156 156 #845
1973 155 155 #839
1972 132 132 #935
1971 147 147 #902
1970 129 129 #975
1969 76 76 #1,297
1968 44 44 #1,789
1967 44 44 #1,739
1966 60 60 #1,421
1965 45 45 #1,680
1964 63 63 #1,425
1963 58 58 #1,469
1962 65 65 #1,378
1961 36 36 #1,937
1960 48 48 #1,623
1959 38 38 #1,805
1958 43 43 #1,642
1957 38 38 #1,767
1956 23 23 #2,353
1955 34 34 #1,825
1954 33 33 #1,824
1953 32 32 #1,772
1952 20 20 #2,368
1951 15 15 #2,752
1950 9 9 #3,768
1949 14 14 #2,796
1948 16 16 #2,539
1947 14 14 #2,829
1946 9 9 #3,533
1945 7 7 #3,824
1943 7 7 #3,975
1941 9 9 #3,140
1940 12 12 #2,505
1939 6 6 #3,979
1938 10 10 #2,857
1937 8 8 #3,303
1936 10 10 #2,785
1935 10 10 #2,849
1934 9 9 #3,062
1933 9 9 #3,007
1932 7 7 #3,736
1930 6 6 #4,268
1929 5 5 #4,848
1928 6 6 #4,415
1926 6 6 #4,542
1923 6 6 #4,614
1922 5 5 #5,257
1921 5 5 #5,336
1920 5 5 #5,247
1917 5 5 #4,867
1916 5 5 #4,708
1915 6 6 #4,037
1913 5 5 #3,511
1912 5 5 #3,315