girls:
2.9k births since 1952
#3215 (44th percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1952
#5021 (35th percentile)
The name Kristel is the #5,021 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,912 recorded births since 1952. This represents the 35.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,215 (43.7% percentile) for all time with 2,912 births since 1952.
Kristel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 (first recorded for girls in 1952). Birth data for Kristel is available in 70 out of the 72 years between 1952 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Kristel reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 17.6% percentile (ranked #654) with 80 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 80 births per million (ranked 17.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kristel ranks #886 for girls (6.4% percentile) with 38 births per million, which is 47.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kristel".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kristel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.0% confident that Kristel is pronounced as KRIH-stuhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is krih-STEHL, at 30.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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