Cristoval
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- krees-TOH-vahl
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Cristoval is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “bearer of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Cristoval mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Christopher, via Cristóbal
“bearer of Christ”
A spelling of the Spanish Cristóbal, the equivalent of Christopher; Cristóbal Colón is the Spanish name of Christopher Columbus.
Is Cristoval a girl's or a boy's name?
Cristoval is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cristoval in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Cristoval, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
2025 had more boys named Cristoval than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Cristoval in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cristoval in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
Nicknames for Cristoval
- Cris 14 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Cristoval
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samuel Luca Angel Osvaldo Christian Diego Lucas Juancarlos Miguel Rodrigo Marquez Josue
More Greek names
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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, “Cristoval: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cristoval, updated 20 October 2026.