How Many People Are Named Kristel?
people named Kristel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 118,757 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,992 babies named Kristel in Social Security records from 1952 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
145 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of CRYSTAL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Kristel in English. Counting Kristel and these spellings together, about 456,866 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Kristel in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kristel alive today is about 35 years old, and 63% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 18 and 47 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kristel first appears in the records in 1952 and was given most often in 1982, to 145 babies. In 2025, 33 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1952 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kristel has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,016, in 1982. In 2025 it ranked #4,303.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,303 |
| Best rank | #1,016 (1982) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,428 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kristel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kristel were born in California than in any other state: about 311 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kristel was given 3.1 times as often in Texas, 2.6 times in California and 1.4 times in New York.
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