first name
CHRISTEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,840 people named Christel, 73.7% reported their origin as White, 12.9% as Black and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Christel peaked in 1978, when 202 babies got the name.
At least 3,712 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Christel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,517. The largest share of babies named Christel, 51.3%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Christel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Christel has been most common in North Carolina (2.1×), Illinois (2×), and South Carolina (1.8×), and least common in Florida (0.93×).
1,461 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 Christel
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Christel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Christel ranks #41,101 of 156,621, with 572 people. See Christel as a last name
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