Cristel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KRIS-tel
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #3,902 for girls
Cristel is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 3,902nd for girls in the US (37 babies).
What does Cristel mean?
Greek: spelling of Christel; German pet form of Christine
“follower of Christ”
A German pet form of Christine, from Greek christos, 'anointed'.
Meaning borrowed from Christel.
Is Cristel a girl's or a boy's name?
Cristel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cristel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,902nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37 about 1 in 43,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the US were named Cristel, making it the 3,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,646th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 95 girls. It first appears in the records in 1930.
Half of all the girls named Cristel in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 443 girls in the US were given Cristel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #650, up from #3,902 for this spelling alone.
Cristel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,902 |
| 2024 | 49 | #3,225 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,274 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 28 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 95 | #2,043 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
Names like Cristel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Chloe, Itzel, Angel, Stevie, Campbell, Zoe, Lyra, Carter, Maisie, Sophia, Bristol, Harper
Other spellings of Cristel
Crystal, Krystal, Cristal, Kristel, Kristal, Christal, Kristell, Chrystal
Names related to Cristel
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Sophie, Iris, Lainey, Elena
Sources
Figures from 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, “Cristel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cristel, updated 20 October 2026.