Christal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KRIS-tal
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Christal is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “crystal”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Christal mean?
English: spelling of Crystal; also an old Scottish pet form of Christopher
“crystal”
A spelling of Crystal; in Scotland Christal was also once a pet form of Christopher.
Is Christal a girl's or a boy's name?
Christal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Christal in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 12 girls.
Christal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Christal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Christal, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1978, with 352 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the girls named Christal in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 443 girls in the US were given Christal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #650, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Christal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 36 | #4,074 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 53 | #3,131 |
| 2010 | 56 | #3,009 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2008 | 79 | #2,419 |
| 2007 | 72 | #2,568 |
| 2006 | 78 | #2,396 |
| 2005 | 63 | #2,666 |
| 2004 | 89 | #2,042 |
| 2003 | 80 | #2,164 |
| 2002 | 66 | #2,411 |
| 2001 | 102 | #1,747 |
| 2000 | 90 | #1,881 |
| 1999 | 89 | #1,783 |
| 1998 | 123 | #1,390 |
| 1997 | 120 | #1,398 |
| 1996 | 113 | #1,444 |
| 1995 | 108 | #1,471 |
| 1994 | 133 | #1,274 |
| 1993 | 144 | #1,200 |
| 1992 | 167 | #1,080 |
| 1991 | 162 | #1,103 |
| 1990 | 175 | #1,027 |
| 1989 | 153 | #1,088 |
| 1988 | 179 | #940 |
| 1987 | 206 | #844 |
| 1986 | 211 | #797 |
| 1985 | 258 | #690 |
| 1984 | 267 | #652 |
| 1983 | 313 | #574 |
| 1982 | 347 | #546 |
| 1981 | 292 | #621 |
| 1980 | 293 | #621 |
| 1979 | 337 | #552 |
| 1978 | 352 | #525 |
| 1977 | 346 | #529 |
| 1976 | 300 | #560 |
| 1975 | 276 | #587 |
| 1974 | 264 | #598 |
| 1973 | 306 | #546 |
| 1972 | 236 | #645 |
| 1971 | 233 | #670 |
| 1970 | 196 | #753 |
| 1969 | 188 | #739 |
| 1968 | 114 | #974 |
| 1967 | 113 | #959 |
| 1966 | 110 | #972 |
| 1965 | 101 | #1,042 |
| 1964 | 122 | #950 |
| 1963 | 84 | #1,188 |
| 1962 | 85 | #1,192 |
| 1961 | 82 | #1,216 |
| 1960 | 75 | #1,265 |
| 1959 | 78 | #1,207 |
| 1958 | 69 | #1,273 |
| 1957 | 73 | #1,227 |
| 1956 | 53 | #1,452 |
| 1955 | 86 | #1,086 |
| 1954 | 83 | #1,075 |
| 1953 | 66 | #1,187 |
| 1952 | 60 | #1,224 |
| 1951 | 52 | #1,291 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,954 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
Names like Christal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amber, Holly, Jasmine, Erin, April, Jessica, Crystal, Molly, Robyn, Autumn, Darcie, Abigail
Other spellings of Christal
Crystal, Krystal, Cristel, Cristal, Kristel, Kristal, Kristell, Chrystal
Names related to Christal
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Christal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/christal, updated 20 October 2026.