Crystal

Where Crystal comes from

The dictionaries list Crystal as a given name — a female given name from English — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • English
Along the way
  1. 1881
    Crystal Eastman born
    American lawyer and feminist
  2. 1884
    First appearance
    #640 among girls, 11 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1982
    Peak, #9
    19,099 babies named Crystal — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1985
    Crystal Reed born
    American actress
  5. 1989
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #32.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Crystal Reed · American actress, born 1985
  • Crystal Eastman · American lawyer and feminist, 1881–1928
  • Crystal Lowe · Canadian actress, born 1981
  • Crystal Dunn · American soccer player, born 1992
  • Crystal Gayle · American country music singer, born 1951

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.