How rare is the name Christal?

8,431 people in the United States have the first name Christal, about 1 in 35,824. It ranks #2,764 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CHRISTAL

#2,764

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,431
About
1 in 35,824
This common or more
80.8%
Who bears it

Of the 8,431 people named Christal, 51.3% reported their origin as White, 26.5% as Black and 14.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Christal peaked in 1978, when 352 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
1978
Births that year
352
In 2025*
13 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,710 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Christal by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,068. The largest share of babies named Christal, 38.8%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#6,88234
1920s#8,37938
1930s#9,68114
1940s#6,82452
1950s#2,095644
1960s#1,7421,074
1970s#1,0682,846
1980s#1,2482,519
1990s#2,2311,334
2000s#4,023764
2010s#7,631321
2020s#14,67570
Greatest Generation 1901–270.7%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–6411.7%
Generation X 1965–8038.8%
Millennials 1981–9633.2%
Generation Z 1997–1212.8%
2013 and later2.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Christal is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Christal has been most common in Texas (1.7×), Louisiana (1.7×), and Florida (1.6×), and least common in Arizona (0.42×).

6,604 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Christal

#2,762 Marin · 8,436#2,763 Louann · 8,434#2,765 Andria · 8,429#2,766 Dax · 8,427

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Christal, most common first.

#111 Christian · 415,787#581 Christy · 91,660#1,014 Christie · 42,083#1,195 Christa · 32,795#1,635 Christi · 19,328#2,085 Chrystal · 13,010#2,170 Christen · 12,249#2,238 Christin · 11,676

Also a last name

As a last name, Christal ranks #57,050 of 156,621, with 386 people. See Christal as a last name

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