Kristel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KRIS-tel
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
Kristel is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Kristel 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 Kristel a girl's or a boy's name?
Kristel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kristel 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 4 girls.
Kristel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Kristel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,264th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33 about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Kristel, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 145 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952.
2025 had fewer girls named Kristel than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Kristel in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 443 girls in the US were given Kristel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #650, up from #4,264 for this spelling alone.
Kristel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 66 | #2,646 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,415 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 36 | #4,068 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 47 | #3,418 |
| 2011 | 122 | #1,708 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,478 |
| 1990 | 46 | #2,566 |
| 1989 | 57 | #2,142 |
| 1988 | 54 | #2,126 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 52 | #2,051 |
| 1985 | 87 | #1,438 |
| 1984 | 100 | #1,266 |
| 1983 | 129 | #1,071 |
| 1982 | 145 | #1,016 |
| 1981 | 129 | #1,082 |
| 1980 | 108 | #1,216 |
| 1979 | 78 | #1,503 |
| 1978 | 108 | #1,169 |
| 1977 | 83 | #1,358 |
| 1976 | 66 | #1,535 |
| 1975 | 57 | #1,672 |
| 1974 | 53 | #1,709 |
| 1973 | 72 | #1,374 |
| 1972 | 57 | #1,594 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,857 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,804 |
| 1969 | 36 | #2,102 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,538 |
| 1967 | 26 | #2,376 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,452 |
| 1965 | 26 | #2,344 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,674 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
Names like Kristel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lara, Thea, Angel, Autumn, Mia, Darcie, Stevie, Athena, Lyra, Marnie, Daphne, Jasmine
Other spellings of Kristel
Crystal, Krystal, Cristel, Cristal, Kristal, Christal, Kristell, Chrystal
Names related to Kristel
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Kristel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kristel, updated 20 October 2026.