Christabel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KRIS-ta-bel
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Christabel is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “beautiful Christian”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Christabel mean?
Greek: medieval blend of Christina and -bel
“beautiful Christian”
Heroine of Coleridge's poem Christabel, and borne by the suffragette Christabel Pankhurst.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Christabel a girl's or a boy's name?
Christabel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Christabel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Christabel, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 27 girls.
Half of all the girls named Christabel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Christabel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,597 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,914 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,293 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 20 | #1,118 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 19 | #1,119 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,381 |
How popular is Christabel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Christabel, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1901.
2025 had fewer girls named Christabel than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Christabel in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Christabel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,049 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
Nicknames for Christabel
Names like Christabel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Christabel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/christabel, updated 20 October 2026.