Feminine dossier · first seen 1913

Christal

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Christal
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.7% from peak

Peak era

1978

Peak rank proxy

352

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1913Peak 19782024

Peak year

1978

Decline from peak

97.7%

2024

All-time

9,697

Christal once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1978, when 352 girls were named Christal.

In 2024, only 8 girls were given the name.

Down 97.7% from its peak.

All told, about 9,697 Americans have been named Christal and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1913.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.7% from peak

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