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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Chrystal has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1894
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.
Where Chrystal is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- West Virginia#206 · 1 in 1,015
- North Carolina#206 · 1 in 1,025
- Arkansas#214 · 1 in 986
- Oklahoma#232 · 1 in 1,131
- Kentucky#259 · 1 in 1,518
Best ever in a state: #114 in Oklahoma, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #206 | 33 | 1 in 1,025 |
| West Virginia | #206 | 11 | 1 in 1,015 |
| Arkansas | #214 | 13 | 1 in 986 |
| Oklahoma | #232 | 14 | 1 in 1,131 |
| Kentucky | #259 | 15 | 1 in 1,518 |
| Missouri | #282 | 18 | 1 in 1,648 |
| South Carolina | #286 | 11 | 1 in 1,595 |
| Virginia | #287 | 16 | 1 in 1,735 |
| Tennessee | #327 | 13 | 1 in 2,114 |
| Louisiana | #344 | 14 | 1 in 1,773 |
| Wisconsin | #346 | 9 | 1 in 3,052 |
| Indiana | #352 | 14 | 1 in 2,493 |
| Ohio | #358 | 26 | 1 in 2,697 |
| Washington | #386 | 8 | 1 in 2,455 |
| Maryland | #389 | 7 | 1 in 2,650 |
| Iowa | #391 | 5 | 1 in 3,367 |
| Texas | #449 | 35 | 1 in 2,727 |
| Georgia | #454 | 10 | 1 in 3,300 |
| Colorado | #459 | 5 | 1 in 3,135 |
| Florida | #463 | 14 | 1 in 3,121 |
| Illinois | #512 | 18 | 1 in 3,873 |
| Michigan | #559 | 11 | 1 in 5,184 |
| Alabama | #564 | 5 | 1 in 4,508 |
| California | #636 | 28 | 1 in 4,879 |
| Pennsylvania | #659 | 9 | 1 in 7,428 |
| New York | #808 | 13 | 1 in 7,935 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 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)
Rise & fade · girls
89 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1983 at #306 (757 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1963–1992
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,138
- 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
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 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 1974
girls
#446
417 births · 1 in 3,519 girls
Top girls' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 3,519 of them was named Chrystal, which outranked 95.6% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Chrystal
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.