Krystal
#2,117 for girls in 2025, 88 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #4,872
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1985 · 5,933 births
- Debut · girls
- 16 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 8 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 75,186since 1946
Krystal over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #2,117 | 88 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,178 | 87 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,762 | 116 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,870 | 108 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,516 | 139 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,752 | 114 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,446 | 153 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,386 | 162 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,187 | 206 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,152 | 218 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,121 | 228 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,005 | 261 | — | |
| 2013 | #857 | 301 | — | |
| 2012 | #817 | 328 | — | |
| 2011 | #757 | 364 | — | |
| 2010 | #718 | 393 | — | |
| 2009 | #649 | 455 | — | |
| 2008 | #552 | 557 | — | |
| 2007 | #511 | 619 | — | |
| 2006 | #504 | 606 | — | |
| 2005 | #427 | 719 | — | |
| 2004 | #432 | 703 | — | |
| 2003 | #412 | 736 | — | |
| 2002 | #395 | 743 | — | |
| 2001 | #373 | 795 | — | |
| 2000 | #346 | 890 | — | |
| 1999 | #329 | 929 | — | |
| 1998 | #282 | 1,093 | — | |
| 1997 | #247 | 1,188 | — | |
| 1996 | #217 | 1,336 | — | |
| 1995 | #189 | 1,566 | — | |
| 1994 | #164 | 1,890 | — | |
| 1993 | #142 | 2,211 | — | |
| 1992 | #128 | 2,619 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #112 | 2,957 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #104 | 3,290 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #82 | 3,787 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #74 | 4,019 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #70 | 4,378 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #61 | 4,929 | #2,057 | 28 |
| 1985 | #53 | 5,933 | #2,071 | 27 |
| 1984 | #74 | 3,933 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #78 | 3,716 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #83 | 3,504 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #131 | 2,134 | — | |
| 1980 | #220 | 1,163 | — | |
| 1979 | #224 | 1,164 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #230 | 1,074 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #282 | 847 | — | |
| 1976 | #375 | 550 | — | |
| 1975 | #417 | 485 | — | |
| 1974 | #417 | 473 | — | |
| 1973 | #412 | 480 | — | |
| 1972 | #426 | 455 | — | |
| 1971 | #497 | 384 | — | |
| 1970 | #550 | 337 | — | |
| 1969 | #653 | 234 | — | |
| 1968 | #625 | 236 | — | |
| 1967 | #750 | 172 | — | |
| 1966 | #747 | 174 | — | |
| 1965 | #751 | 178 | — | |
| 1964 | #743 | 197 | — | |
| 1963 | #847 | 152 | — | |
| 1962 | #916 | 133 | — | |
| 1961 | #972 | 123 | — | |
| 1960 | #970 | 121 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,135 | 88 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,157 | 84 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,344 | 62 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,581 | 45 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,702 | 36 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,549 | 40 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,236 | 59 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,254 | 55 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Krystal! It came in at #2,392, and was given to 16 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1950, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
See more about Krystal
- 61 spots since 2024 (#2,178 → #2,117)
- 365 spots since 2020 (#1,752 → #2,117)
- 996 spots since 2015 (#1,121 → #2,117)
- Biggest jump: 165 spots in 1960 (#1,135 → #970)
- Biggest drop: 148 spots in 2014 (#857 → #1,005)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1985 at #53 (5,933 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1982–1989
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1960–2013
- Highest: 1 in 290 girls born in 1985 were named Krystal (0.34%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,264 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 49.9% of all girls named Krystal (37,496) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 39 | #2,392 (1946) | #3,666 |
| 1950s | 514 | #1,135 (1959) | #1,661 |
| 1960s | 1,720 | #625 (1968) | #797 |
| 1970s | 6,249 | #224 (1979) | #383 |
| 1980s | 37,496 | #53 (1985) | #93 |
| 1990s | 19,079 | #104 (1990) | #191 |
| 2000s | 6,823 | #346 (2000) | #460 |
| 2010s | 2,614 | #718 (2010) | #1,045 |
| 2020s | 652 | #1,516 (2021) | #1,866 |
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.
Krystal in 1983
Top girls' names in 1983
Top boys' names in 1983
More about 1983
girls
1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 450 of them was named Krystal, which outranked 99.4% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 137,890 of them was named Krystal, which outranked 56.0% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,071Yeng14
- #3,071Zak14
- #3,071Zebadiah14
- #3,230Krystal13
- #3,230Abdon13
- #3,230Akeen13
- #3,230Alcides13
- #3,411Abigail12
- #3,411Abrahan12
- #3,411Adrienne12
Tied with 180 names at #3,230; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.