Kristel is an uncommon variant of Krystal that peaked in 1982 and has grown less common since.
Kristel is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,304 for girl births in the United States (and #7,496 across all names), given to 33 babies. Kristel first appears in 1952 and peaked in 1982 (145 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | #4,304 |
| 2024 | 46 | 46 | #3,435 |
| 2023 | 66 | 66 | #2,660 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | #3,446 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | #4,141 |
| 2020 | 31 | 31 | #4,401 |
| 2019 | 40 | 40 | #3,754 |
| 2018 | 17 | 17 | #6,963 |
| 2017 | 24 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2016 | 41 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2015 | 36 | 36 | #4,111 |
| 2014 | 32 | 32 | #4,507 |
| 2013 | 27 | 27 | #5,077 |
| 2012 | 47 | 47 | #3,441 |
| 2011 | 122 | 122 | #1,712 |
| 2010 | 32 | 32 | #4,544 |
| 2009 | 23 | 23 | #6,007 |
| 2008 | 20 | 20 | #6,705 |
| 2007 | 17 | 17 | #7,593 |
| 2006 | 18 | 18 | #7,009 |
| 2005 | 17 | 17 | #7,013 |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | #6,378 |
| 2003 | 18 | 18 | #6,456 |
| 2002 | 20 | 20 | #5,786 |
| 2001 | 19 | 19 | #5,957 |
| 2000 | 20 | 20 | #5,592 |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #7,993 |
| 1998 | 13 | 13 | #7,347 |
| 1997 | 22 | — | #4,747 |
| 1996 | 28 | — | #3,892 |
| 1995 | 21 | — | #4,771 |
| 1994 | 26 | — | #4,066 |
| 1993 | 33 | — | #3,383 |
| 1992 | 36 | — | #3,177 |
| 1991 | 50 | — | #2,496 |
| 1990 | 46 | — | #2,587 |
| 1989 | 57 | — | #2,155 |
| 1988 | 54 | — | #2,138 |
| 1987 | 35 | — | #2,818 |
| 1986 | 52 | — | #2,062 |
| 1985 | 87 | — | #1,442 |
| 1984 | 100 | — | #1,269 |
| 1983 | 129 | — | #1,075 |
| 1982 | 145 | — | #1,016 |
| 1981 | 129 | — | #1,085 |
| 1980 | 108 | — | #1,223 |
| 1979 | 78 | — | #1,509 |
| 1978 | 108 | — | #1,170 |
| 1977 | 83 | — | #1,363 |
| 1976 | 66 | — | #1,541 |
| 1975 | 57 | — | #1,680 |
| 1974 | 53 | — | #1,719 |
| 1973 | 72 | — | #1,384 |
| 1972 | 57 | — | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 47 | — | #1,866 |
| 1970 | 49 | — | #1,811 |
| 1969 | 36 | — | #2,116 |
| 1968 | 24 | — | #2,585 |
| 1967 | 26 | — | #2,401 |
| 1966 | 24 | — | #2,484 |
| 1965 | 26 | — | #2,375 |
| 1964 | 22 | — | #2,713 |
| 1963 | 16 | — | #3,253 |
| 1962 | 12 | — | #3,902 |
| 1961 | 19 | — | #2,897 |
| 1960 | 14 | — | #3,445 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | #4,824 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | #5,765 |
| 1956 | 11 | — | #3,800 |
| 1954 | 11 | — | #3,596 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | #3,370 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #5,214 |