Christl
Christl is a given name and surname, and may refer to:
Meaning & Origin of Christl
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Christl is a given name and surname, and may refer to:
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The Story of Christl
American parents first put Christl on the record books as a baby girl name in 1957, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1964, when 23 Christls were born — ranking #2,600 that year. About 75% of every Christl on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Christl last appeared in the published SSA data in 1976, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 61 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Christl
Christl is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1957 and has accumulated 61 births in the dataset. Christl's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #2,600. Use the chart and map above to compare Christl's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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