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

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Peak · girls
1985 · 5,933 births
Debut · girls
16 births
In top 100 · girls
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
75,186
since 1946

Krystal over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #53, 1985girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,11788
2024#2,17887
2023#1,762116
2022#1,870108
2021#1,516139
2020#1,752114
2019#1,446153
2018#1,386162
2017#1,187206
2016#1,152218
2015#1,121228
2014#1,005261
2013#857301
2012#817328
2011#757364
2010#718393
2009#649455
2008#552557
2007#511619
2006#504606
2005#427719
2004#432703
2003#412736
2002#395743
2001#373795
2000#346890
1999#329929
1998#2821,093
1997#2471,188
1996#2171,336
1995#1891,566
1994#1641,890
1993#1422,211
1992#1282,619#4,87211
1991#1122,957#3,81315
1990#1043,290#4,99310
1989#823,787#2,61524
1988#744,019#3,35015
1987#704,378#5,4597
1986#614,929#2,05728
1985#535,933#2,07127
1984#743,933#2,70617
1983#783,716#3,23013
1982#833,504#3,48212
1981#1312,134
1980#2201,163
1979#2241,164#6,0565
1978#2301,074#5,0596
1977#282847
1976#375550
1975#417485
1974#417473
1973#412480
1972#426455
1971#497384
1970#550337
1969#653234
1968#625236
1967#750172
1966#747174
1965#751178
1964#743197
1963#847152
1962#916133
1961#972123
1960#970121
1959#1,13588
1958#1,15784
1957#1,34462
1956#1,58145
1955#1,69137
1954#1,70236
1953#1,54940
1952#1,23659
1951#1,25455
1950#3,9628
1949#3,6129
1948#4,6516
1947#4,0078
1946#2,39216
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First appearance
1946

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.

Where Krystal is popular in 1994

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #108 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 309 girlsAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #209 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,052 girlsNHWashington: #167 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 803 girlsWAIdaho: #138 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 538 girlsIDMontana: #125 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 448 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #147 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 607 girlsNDMinnesota: #343 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,329 girlsMNIllinois: #172 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 807 girlsILWisconsin: #148 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 774 girlsWIMichigan: #180 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 968 girlsMINew York: #111 for girls · 197 births · 1 in 565 girlsNYMassachusetts: #190 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,091 girlsMARhode Island: #138 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 528 girlsRIOregon: #173 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 763 girlsORNevada: #127 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 486 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedSDIowa: #221 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,189 girlsIAIndiana: #180 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 936 girlsINOhio: #270 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,796 girlsOHPennsylvania: #216 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 1,299 girlsPANew Jersey: #164 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 917 girlsNJConnecticut: #152 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 776 girlsCTCalifornia: #158 for girls · 319 births · 1 in 760 girlsCAUtah: #151 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 662 girlsUTColorado: #212 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,065 girlsCONebraska: #169 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 810 girlsNEMissouri: #183 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 989 girlsMOKentucky: #222 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,333 girlsKYWest Virginia: #219 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,131 girlsWVVirginia: #184 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 980 girlsVAMaryland: #207 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,148 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedDEArizona: #173 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 773 girlsAZNew Mexico: #141 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 552 girlsNMKansas: #191 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 920 girlsKSArkansas: #164 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 760 girlsARTennessee: #334 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,248 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #142 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 707 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #214 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,036 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #144 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 515 girlsDCOklahoma: #162 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 736 girlsOKLouisiana: #130 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 606 girlsLAMississippi: #132 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 609 girlsMSAlabama: #319 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,909 girlsALGeorgia: #332 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,145 girlsGAHawaii: #76 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 292 girlsHITexas: #116 for girls · 252 births · 1 in 540 girlsTXFlorida: #130 for girls · 109 births · 1 in 684 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Hawaii#76 · 1 in 292
  2. Alaska#108 · 1 in 309
  3. New York#111 · 1 in 565
  4. Texas#116 · 1 in 540
  5. Montana#125 · 1 in 448

Best ever in a state: #29 in Nevada, 1985.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#76161 in 292
Alaska#10891 in 309
New York#1111971 in 565
Texas#1162521 in 540
Montana#12571 in 448
Nevada#127161 in 486
Florida#1301091 in 684
Louisiana#130371 in 606
Mississippi#132201 in 609
Idaho#138101 in 538
Rhode Island#13891 in 528
New Mexico#141161 in 552
North Carolina#142541 in 707
District of Columbia#14491 in 515
North Dakota#14751 in 607
Wisconsin#148341 in 774
Utah#151211 in 662
Connecticut#152221 in 776
California#1583191 in 760
Oklahoma#162221 in 736
Arkansas#164151 in 760
New Jersey#164481 in 917
Washington#167361 in 803
Nebraska#169101 in 810
Illinois#172921 in 807
Arizona#173351 in 773
Oregon#173211 in 763
Indiana#180351 in 936
Michigan#180561 in 968
Missouri#183301 in 989
Virginia#184361 in 980
Massachusetts#190311 in 1,091
Kansas#191141 in 920
Maryland#207221 in 1,148
New Hampshire#20951 in 1,052
Colorado#212191 in 1,065
South Carolina#214161 in 1,036
Pennsylvania#216501 in 1,299
West Virginia#21971 in 1,131
Iowa#221121 in 1,189
Kentucky#222151 in 1,333
Ohio#270361 in 1,796
Alabama#319111 in 1,909
Georgia#332191 in 2,145
Tennessee#334131 in 2,248
Minnesota#343111 in 2,329
Delaware
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South Dakota
Vermont
Wyoming

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 Krystal
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 1985 at #53 (5,933 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1982–1989
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1960–2013
Share of babies · girls
1 in 290
  • Highest: 1 in 290 girls born in 1985 were named Krystal (0.34%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,264 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 49.9% of all girls named Krystal (37,496) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s39#2,392 (1946)#3,666
1950s514#1,135 (1959)#1,661
1960s1,720#625 (1968)#797
1970s6,249#224 (1979)#383
1980s37,496#53 (1985)#93
1990s19,079#104 (1990)#191
2000s6,823#346 (2000)#460
2010s2,614#718 (2010)#1,045
2020s652#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 1994

girls
#164
1,890 births · 1 in 945 girls

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #164Krystal1,890
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 945 of them was named Krystal, which outranked 99.0% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Krystal
  1. #161Jade1,945
  2. #162Audrey1,931
  3. #163Katrina1,924
  4. #164Krystal1,890
  5. #165Deanna1,875
  6. #166Ariana1,874
  7. #167Dana1,804
Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 4,523Nohely#5,419#896
  2. 4,322Aaliyah#4,524#202
  3. 2,306Zana#3,108#802
  4. 1,711Aliyah#2,068#357
  5. 1,430Zhane#2,012#582
Fallers
  1. 1,015Coraima#875#1,890
  2. 799Kalene#929#1,728
  3. 656Deyanira#938#1,594
  4. 577Crysta#968#1,545
  5. 562Hilary#647#1,209

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

See the top 100 for 1994