# Christal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/christal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,710 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 9,710 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 44, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 53 | 3,141 |
| 2012 | 42 | 3,728 |
| 2013 | 36 | 4,088 |
| 2014 | 34 | 4,289 |
| 2015 | 25 | 5,327 |
| 2016 | 25 | 5,319 |
| 2017 | 23 | 5,547 |
| 2018 | 14 | 7,854 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,231 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,072 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,591 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,354 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,110 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,340 |
| 2025 | 13 | 7,974 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1998 | 6 | 2,407 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2007 | 12 | 1,965 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.