Feminine dossier · first seen 1912

Christel

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

Endangered Down 94% from peak

Peak era

1978

Peak rank proxy

201

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1912Peak 19782024

Peak year

1978

Decline from peak

94%

2024

All-time

3,711

Christel 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 201 girls were named Christel.

In 2024, only 12 girls were given the name.

Down 94% from its peak.

All told, about 3,711 Americans have been named Christel and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1912.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94% from peak

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