Kristel Girl
How popular is Kristel?
#4,264 girl name in 2025
33 baby girls were named Kristel in the US in 2025, making it the 4264th most popular girl name.
Kristel popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,264 for girls (▼ 869 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 33 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,068 in 2015, #4,356 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1982 (145 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,016 in 1982 |
| First recorded | 1952 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kristel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Crystal family of names ranked #643 for girls in 2025 (#576 the year before), with 422 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Crystal | 202 | 48% |
| Krystal | 88 | 21% |
| Cristal | 37 | 9% |
| Kristel | 33 | 8% |
| Cristel | 37 | 9% |
| Kristal | 14 | 3% |
| Kristell | 11 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kristel is most popular
Babies named Kristel per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Kristel by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 54 | #3,268 |
| 1960s | 219 | #2,102 |
| 1970s | 670 | #1,169 |
| 1980s | 896 | #1,016 |
| 1990s | 287 | #2,478 |
| 2000s | 191 | #5,486 |
| 2010s | 418 | #1,708 |
| 2020s | 257 | #2,646 |
Girl names about as popular as Kristel
Questions
- Is Kristel a boy or girl name?
- Kristel is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kristel were girls.
- How popular is the name Kristel?
- 33 baby girls were named Kristel in the US in 2025, making it the 4264th most popular girl name.
- When was Kristel most popular?
- Kristel peaked in 1982, when 145 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,016 in 1982.
- How many people are named Kristel?
- 2,992 babies have been named Kristel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,890 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 42.
- Where is Kristel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kristel was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.