Kristel

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kristel: Recorded since 1965, it reached #407 in 1981, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#407highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2007	#4294
2009	#5556
2010	#4688
2012	#5876
2020	#5493
2023	#5687
2024	#5891

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 Norway in 25 of the 42 years from 1965 to 2006.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1965–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #542 among girls in Norway in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1965–2006
Highest recorded position: #407 among girls in Norway, in 1981 (recorded 1965–2006).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kristel appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 164 births with the name.

Kristel 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.

Kristel'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
Norway · Girls	#542 (1965)	#407 (1981)	#605 (2006)	25 of 42	164 (1965–2006)	10 (1989)
England and Wales · Girls	#4598 (2004)	#4294 (2007)	#5891 (2024)	8 of 21	26 (2004–2024)	4 (2007)

Kristel by decade in Norway · 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 Kristel in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	10	2 of 10	5
1970s	59	10 of 10	6
1980sbusiest	61	8 of 10	8
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Kristel 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 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #407 in Norway in 1981.

Kristel'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#605	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#506	7	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#480	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#556	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#408	10	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#428	10	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#478	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#566	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#560	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#414	9	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#503	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#407	9	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#525	6	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#527	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#569	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#428	8	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#512	6	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#553	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#459	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#422	8	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#608	4	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#586	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#494	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#456	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#542	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1965 and 2024, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #407, first reached in 1981.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in Norway in 1989.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 39 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.

Krista · #522, 24y
Kristal · #529, 21y
Kristen · #66, 78y
Krister · #148, 46y

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.

Elissa · #407, 30y
Raheem · #406, 29y
Raisa · #408, 30y
Chukwuemeka · #409, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Allyson · #401, 15y
Celeste · #401, 30y
Luisa · #401, 31y
Phillipa · #401, 32y

Kristel was ranked #407 in Norway · Girls in 1981. 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.

Kristel 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 Kristel without appearing here.

Kristel moved ahead of

Janet Compare
In 1990 they stood at #566 and #565 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #408 and #652.
Kate Compare
In 1993 they stood at #556 and #554 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #480 and #638.
Jacqueline Compare
In 1985 they stood at #566 and #564 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #478 and #607.
Susan Compare
In 1994 they stood at #480 and #457 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #506 and #599.

Moved ahead of Kristel

Blake Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #3936.
Leah Compare
In 2005 they stood at #506 and #639 in Norway · Girls; by 2006 that had become #605 and #22.
Amy Compare
In 2005 they stood at #506 and #521 in Norway · Girls; by 2006 that had become #605 and #272.
Emilie Compare
In 1984 they stood at #560 and #596 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #566 and #243.

Moved the opposite way to Kristel

Tara Compare
Between 1973 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Kristel went from #422 to #605 while Tara went from #613 to #219.
Emilie Compare
Between 1977 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Kristel went from #428 to #605 while Emilie went from #500 to #7.
Isabella Compare
Between 1977 and 2006 in Norway · Girls, Kristel went from #428 to #605 while Isabella went from #509 to #102.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1965 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #407 in Norway in 1981. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kristel

Kristel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kristel across 2 official records

Kristel by decade in Norway · Girls

Kristel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Kristel

Kristel and the names beside it

Kristel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kristel

Moved the opposite way to Kristel

Kristel at a glance

Kristel across 2 official records

Kristel by decade in Norway · Girls

Kristel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Kristel

Kristel and the names beside it

Kristel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kristel

Moved the opposite way to Kristel