Kristal

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births

Peak · girls
1982 · 582 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,079
since 1951

Kristal over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kristal has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #399, 1982girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,49114
2024#8,94611
2023#8,05513
2022#6,46418
2021#6,17419
2020#5,48722
2019#5,16325
2018#5,15225
2017#4,38432
2016#3,84939
2015#4,98127
2014#3,77840
2013#3,04254
2012#2,51672
2011#2,55570
2010#2,25885
2009#2,20489
2008#2,10696
2007#1,940106
2006#2,18688
2005#1,681118
2004#1,498134
2003#1,579122
2002#1,432133
2001#1,356141
2000#1,353139
1999#1,222155
1998#1,254145
1997#1,130166
1996#1,056175
1995#919205
1994#939199
1993#844232
1992#860230
1991#755273
1990#690307
1989#656312
1988#622320
1987#562356
1986#529386
1985#469452
1984#429490
1983#400545
1982#399582
1981#430494
1980#505401
1979#478425
1978#511365
1977#542330
1976#605262
1975#649236
1974#681217
1973#621246
1972#621250
1971#637260
1970#748197
1969#845150
1968#794159
1967#1,03599
1966#1,08793
1965#1,09791
1964#1,25477
1963#1,16388
1962#1,35966
1961#1,46558
1960#1,29472
1959#1,46654
1958#2,07329
1957#2,41622
1956#2,45321
1955#2,72517
1954#3,15713
1953#3,68710
1952#4,1238
1951#4,3857
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First appearance
1951

The first year at least five girls were named Kristal! It came in at #4,385, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1951–1953, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.

Where Kristal is popular in 1981

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedNHWashington: #687 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,522 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedIDMontana: #214 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 949 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #361 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,910 girlsMNIllinois: #661 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,781 girlsILWisconsin: #416 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,897 girlsWIMichigan: #322 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,346 girlsMINew York: #605 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,825 girlsNYMassachusetts: #382 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,875 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedRIOregon: #276 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,543 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedIAIndiana: #374 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,908 girlsINOhio: #550 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,558 girlsOHPennsylvania: #558 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,334 girlsPANew Jersey: #580 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,658 girlsNJConnecticut: #399 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,082 girlsCTCalifornia: #436 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 2,706 girlsCAUtah: #374 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,305 girlsUTColorado: #498 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,461 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedNEMissouri: #357 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,673 girlsMOKentucky: #306 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,170 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedWVVirginia: #370 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,732 girlsVAMaryland: #417 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,994 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedDEArizona: #587 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,991 girlsAZNew Mexico: #369 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,864 girlsNMKansas: #260 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,547 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedARTennessee: #526 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,649 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #296 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,071 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #505 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,588 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #270 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,546 girlsOKLouisiana: #435 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,784 girlsLAMississippi: #383 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,263 girlsMSAlabama: #284 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,624 girlsALGeorgia: #677 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,803 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedHITexas: #348 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 2,062 girlsTXFlorida: #437 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,005 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#214 · 1 in 949
  2. Kansas#260 · 1 in 1,547
  3. Oklahoma#270 · 1 in 1,546
  4. Oregon#276 · 1 in 1,543
  5. Alabama#284 · 1 in 1,624

Best ever in a state: #194 in South Dakota, 1982.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#21451 in 949
Kansas#260101 in 1,547
Oklahoma#270131 in 1,546
Oregon#276111 in 1,543
Alabama#284141 in 1,624
North Carolina#296161 in 2,071
Kentucky#306111 in 2,170
Michigan#322251 in 2,346
Texas#348601 in 2,062
Missouri#357121 in 2,673
Minnesota#361101 in 2,910
New Mexico#36951 in 1,864
Virginia#370111 in 2,732
Indiana#374121 in 2,908
Utah#37471 in 2,305
Massachusetts#382111 in 2,875
Mississippi#38371 in 2,263
Connecticut#39951 in 3,082
Wisconsin#41681 in 3,897
Maryland#41771 in 2,994
Louisiana#435111 in 2,784
California#436671 in 2,706
Florida#437181 in 3,005
Colorado#49861 in 3,461
South Carolina#50551 in 3,588
Tennessee#52661 in 4,649
Ohio#550131 in 5,558
Pennsylvania#558131 in 5,334
New Jersey#58081 in 4,658
Arizona#58751 in 3,991
New York#605211 in 4,825
Illinois#661131 in 5,781
Georgia#67761 in 5,803
Washington#68751 in 5,522
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kristal
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,455 spots since 2024 (#8,946#7,491)
  • 2,004 spots since 2020 (#5,487#7,491)
  • 2,510 spots since 2015 (#4,981#7,491)
  • Biggest jump: 241 spots in 1968 (#1,035#794)
  • Biggest drop: 137 spots in 1996 (#919#1,056)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1951
  • Peaked 1982 at #399 (582 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1968–1995
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,909
  • Highest: 1 in 2,909 girls born in 1982 were named Kristal (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 35.9% of all girls named Kristal (4,338) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s181#1,466 (1959)#2,943
1960s953#794 (1968)#1,139
1970s2,788#478 (1979)#609
1980s4,338#399 (1982)#500
1990s2,087#690 (1990)#967
2000s1,166#1,353 (2000)#1,734
2010s469#2,258 (2010)#3,768
2020s97#5,487 (2020)#7,103

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.

Kristal in 1981

girls
#430
494 births · 1 in 3,377 girls

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #430Kristal494
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 3,377 of them was named Kristal, which outranked 96.5% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kristal
  1. #427Blanca501
  2. #428Christi498
  3. #429Janine496
  4. #430Kristal494
  5. #431Allyson492
  6. #431Shayla492
  7. #433Sasha491
Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 3,850Tashina#4,743#893
  2. 2,742Krystle#3,215#473
  3. 1,800Tierra#2,342#542
  4. 1,398Martine#2,189#791
  5. 999Nereida#1,981#982
Fallers
  1. 764Kylene#990#1,754
  2. 607Renada#708#1,315
  3. 560Ashanti#822#1,382
  4. 399Renata#336#735
  5. 395Tracee#959#1,354

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1981