How Many People Are Named Christel?
people named Christel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 102,730 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,712 babies named Christel in Social Security records from 1912 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
202 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German diminutive of CHRISTINE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Christel in English. Counting Christel and these spellings together, about 456,866 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Christel in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Christel alive today is about 48 years old, and 71% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 42 and 55 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Christel first appears in the records in 1912 and was given most often in 1978, to 202 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1912 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Christel has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #763, in 1978.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #763 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #881 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Christel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Christel were born in California than in any other state: about 239 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Christel was given 2.4 times as often in North Carolina, 1.8 times in Illinois and 1.8 times in Missouri.
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