Christabel

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Christabel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Christabel: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #629 in 2018, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#629highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1364
1997	#1045
1998	#1259
1999	#2189
2000	#1831
2001	#1063
2002	#1530
2003	#1383
2004	#1312
2005	#1500
2006	#1325
2007	#1296
2008	#1206
2009	#1526
2010	#1815
2011	#1665
2012	#1809
2013	#1639
2014	#1702
2015	#1961
2016	#1278
2017	#1568
2018	#2187
2019	#2040
2020	#3117
2021	#1962
2022	#3148
2023	#1959
2024	#2411

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2018: #629 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2187 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1364 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2006–2018
Highest recorded position: #629 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2018 (recorded 2006–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Christabel appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 444 births with the name.

Christabel across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Christabel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1364 (1996)	#1045 (1997)	#2411 (2024)	29 of 29	444 (1996–2024)	26 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#764 (2006)	#629 (2018)	#629 (2018)	2 of 13	8 (2006–2018)	5 (2018)

Christabel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Christabel in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	54	4 of 10	14
2000sbusiest	169	10 of 10	17
2010s	168	10 of 10	17
2020s	53	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Christabel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #629 in Republic of Ireland in 2018.

Christabel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1568	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1278	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1639	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1809	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1665	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1815	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1526	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1206	24	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1296	21	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1325	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1312	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1383	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1063	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1259	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1045	19	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1364	13	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #629, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Chris · #87, 59y
Christa · #518, 25y
Christel · #170, 54y
Christelle · #2407, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abdurahman · #629, 29y
Abid · #629, 29y
Habib · #629, 29y
Kalen · #629, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdurahman · #629, 29y
Abid · #629, 29y
Austen · #629, 29y
Brandyn · #629, 11y

Christabel was ranked #629 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2018. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Christabel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Christabel without appearing here.

Christabel moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1962 and #5581.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1831 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1063 and #3998.
Pauline Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #3117 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1962 and #4634.

Moved ahead of Christabel

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #1313.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1962 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #1452.
Selma Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1962 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #2058.
Marilyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1959 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #1541.

Moved the opposite way to Christabel

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Christabel went from #1364 to #2411 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Christabel went from #1364 to #2411 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Christabel went from #1364 to #2411 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Christabel went from #1364 to #2411 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Christabel

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Christabel went from #1364 to #2411 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Christabel went from #1364 to #2411 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Christabel went from #1364 to #2411 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Christabel went from #1364 to #2411 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #629 in Republic of Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Christabel

Christabel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Christabel across 2 official records

Christabel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Christabel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Christabel moved ahead of

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Christabel at a glance

Christabel across 2 official records

Christabel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Christabel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Christabel

Christabel and the names beside it

Christabel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Christabel

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