Cristela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kris-TEL-a
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Cristela is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Cristela mean?
Greek: spelling of Christella; elaboration of Christel or Christa, from Christine
“follower of Christ”
Meaning borrowed from Christella.
Is Cristela a girl's or a boy's name?
Cristela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cristela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Cristela, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1992, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
2025 had more girls named Cristela than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Cristela in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cristela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,609 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,105 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
Nicknames for Cristela
Names like Cristela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Christina, Melissa, Angela, Cassandra, Amanda, Teresa, Rebecca, Maria, Cynthia, Selena, Clarissa, Samantha
Names related to Cristela
Cristal, Kristel, Cristel, Christelle, Christal, Christel, Christella, Crystel
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Cristela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cristela, updated 20 October 2026.