Chrystal
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,951
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 757 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,760since 1894
Chrystal over time
Rank among girls' names. Chrystal has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | — | |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,645 | 30 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,063 | 27 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,677 | 43 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,179 | 37 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,721 | 43 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,017 | 56 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,126 | 50 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,180 | 48 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,412 | 42 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,263 | 72 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,411 | 65 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,122 | 76 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,073 | 74 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,567 | 105 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,434 | 116 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,478 | 111 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,322 | 125 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,141 | 156 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,017 | 182 | — | |
| 1992 | #857 | 231 | — | |
| 1991 | #783 | 261 | — | |
| 1990 | #698 | 304 | — | |
| 1989 | #625 | 338 | — | |
| 1988 | #574 | 359 | — | |
| 1987 | #537 | 375 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #512 | 405 | — | |
| 1985 | #414 | 538 | — | |
| 1984 | #360 | 644 | — | |
| 1983 | #306 | 757 | — | |
| 1982 | #309 | 792 | — | |
| 1981 | #332 | 718 | — | |
| 1980 | #352 | 672 | — | |
| 1979 | #340 | 692 | — | |
| 1978 | #326 | 705 | — | |
| 1977 | #396 | 530 | — | |
| 1976 | #409 | 494 | — | |
| 1975 | #455 | 417 | — | |
| 1974 | #446 | 417 | — | |
| 1973 | #475 | 378 | — | |
| 1972 | #518 | 330 | — | |
| 1971 | #563 | 315 | — | |
| 1970 | #683 | 232 | — | |
| 1969 | #745 | 184 | — | |
| 1968 | #749 | 175 | — | |
| 1967 | #833 | 145 | — | |
| 1966 | #785 | 157 | — | |
| 1965 | #819 | 147 | — | |
| 1964 | #811 | 166 | — | |
| 1963 | #847 | 152 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,058 | 104 | — | |
| 1961 | #927 | 134 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,015 | 112 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,145 | 87 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,037 | 102 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,135 | 86 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,228 | 72 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,209 | 69 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,064 | 85 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,164 | 69 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,316 | 53 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,254 | 55 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,653 | 32 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,697 | 31 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,397 | 44 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,906 | 17 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,634 | 22 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,875 | 19 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,536 | 29 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,625 | 27 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,349 | 34 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,445 | 29 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,566 | 26 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,110 | 41 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,332 | 30 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,262 | 24 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,358 | 18 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | — | |
| 1908 | #849 | 21 | — | |
| 1907 | #990 | 15 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | #862 | 16 | — | |
| 1902 | #903 | 15 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Chrystal! It came in at #1,485, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1898, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Chrystal
- 1,244 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #10,917)
- 2,511 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #10,917)
- 3,304 spots since 2015 (#7,613 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 426 spots in 1907 (#1,416 → #990)
- Biggest drop: 797 spots in 1904 (#862 → #1,659)
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1983 at #306 (757 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1963–1992
- Highest: 1 in 2,138 girls born in 1982 were named Chrystal (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #306 in 1983, was only 1 in 2,207 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 35.5% of all girls named Chrystal (5,598) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 29 | #935 (1899) | #1,316 |
| 1900s | 110 | #849 (1908) | #1,198 |
| 1910s | 238 | #1,110 (1917) | #1,331 |
| 1920s | 226 | #1,349 (1920) | #1,861 |
| 1930s | 152 | #1,634 (1932) | #2,178 |
| 1940s | 241 | #1,397 (1947) | #1,856 |
| 1950s | 710 | #1,037 (1958) | #1,221 |
| 1960s | 1,476 | #745 (1969) | #859 |
| 1970s | 4,510 | #326 (1978) | #461 |
| 1980s | 5,598 | #306 (1983) | #432 |
| 1990s | 1,665 | #698 (1990) | #1,237 |
| 2000s | 532 | #2,122 (2000) | #3,111 |
| 2010s | 217 | #4,486 (2012) | #6,367 |
| 2020s | 56 | #7,250 (2021) | #10,583 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Chrystal in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 4,636 of them was named Chrystal, which outranked 96.0% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 373,397 of them was named Chrystal, which outranked 14.7% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,201 names at #6,951; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.