Cristal

#3,903 for girls in 2025, 37 births · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1991 · 679 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,881
since 1947

Cristal over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #377, 1991girls
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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
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2025#3,90337—
2024#2,58568—
2023#3,18151—
2022#3,47045—
2021#3,43545—
2020#3,06152—
2019#2,78460—
2018#2,14588—
2017#2,10891—
2016#2,14990—
2015#1,984100—
2014#1,768117—
2013#1,435157—
2012#1,273188—
2011#1,066231—
2010#1,156210—
2009#879312—
2008#758388—
2007#688426—
2006#662436—
2005#614459—
2004#562510—
2003#655405—
2002#625408—
2001#552477—
2000#536484—
1999#570441—
1998#526480—
1997#505484—
1996#463541#9,0155
1995#474520#6,9927
1994#461550#8,8005
1993#502491—
1992#440571#7,4226
1991#377679—
1990#520458—
1989#567392#6,9416
1988#586346#7,2705
1987#522390#6,0896
1986#388593#4,13010
1985#705248#6,5235
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1983#774206—
1982#794203—
1981#937159—
1980#982151—
1979#974147—
1978#1,001136—
1977#965143—
1976#1,078113—
1975#978126—
1974#1,070110—
1973#1,066108—
1972#1,051110—
1971#938137—
1970#1,154100—
1969#1,35571—
1968#1,07497—
1967#1,73244—
1966#2,02233—
1965#1,91436—
1964#1,57852—
1963#2,01534—
1962#1,82639—
1961#1,80740—
1960#1,76441—
1959#2,05430—
1958#3,08515—
1957#3,69611—
1956#3,91010—
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1954#4,2788—
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First appearance
1947

The first year at least five girls were named Cristal! It came in at #5,295, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1947–1949, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Cristal is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedNHWashington: #299 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,719 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedMNIllinois: #387 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 2,584 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,129 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,079 girlsMINew York: #376 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 2,289 girlsNYMassachusetts: #632 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,052 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedRIOregon: #358 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,107 girlsORNevada: #198 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 889 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #683 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,455 girlsPANew Jersey: #396 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,746 girlsNJConnecticut: #348 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,317 girlsCTCalifornia: #180 for girls · 277 births · 1 in 944 girlsCAUtah: #309 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,661 girlsUTColorado: #594 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,165 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedDEArizona: #452 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,580 girlsAZNew Mexico: #117 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 494 girlsNMKansas: #282 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,671 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cristal, so not publishedHITexas: #182 for girls · 136 births · 1 in 1,003 girlsTXFlorida: #552 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,242 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#117 · 1 in 494
  2. California#180 · 1 in 944
  3. Texas#182 · 1 in 1,003
  4. Nevada#198 · 1 in 889
  5. Kansas#282 · 1 in 1,671

Best ever in a state: #113 in New Mexico, 1986.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#117191 in 494
California#1802771 in 944
Texas#1821361 in 1,003
Nevada#19881 in 889
Kansas#28281 in 1,671
Washington#299181 in 1,719
Utah#30981 in 1,661
Connecticut#34881 in 2,317
Oregon#35881 in 2,107
New York#376521 in 2,289
Illinois#387301 in 2,584
New Jersey#396171 in 2,746
Arizona#452101 in 2,580
Florida#552181 in 4,242
Colorado#59451 in 4,165
Massachusetts#63261 in 6,052
Pennsylvania#683111 in 6,455
Michigan#1,12951 in 12,079
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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 Cristal
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,318 spots since 2024 (#2,585 → #3,903)
  • 842 spots since 2020 (#3,061 → #3,903)
  • 1,919 spots since 2015 (#1,984 → #3,903)
  • Biggest jump: 317 spots in 1986 (#705 → #388)
  • Biggest drop: 277 spots in 2010 (#879 → #1,156)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 1991 at #377 (679 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 34 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1979–2009
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,761
  • Highest: 1 in 2,761 girls born in 1991 were named Cristal (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 43,440 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 32.8% of all girls named Cristal (5,215) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s5#5,295 (1947)#5,295
1950s110#2,054 (1959)#3,694
1960s487#1,074 (1968)#1,709
1970s1,230#938 (1971)#1,028
1980s2,899#388 (1986)#702
1990s5,215#377 (1991)#484
2000s4,305#536 (2000)#653
2010s1,332#1,066 (2011)#1,787
2020s298#2,585 (2024)#3,273

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.

Cristal in 1991

girls
#377
679 births · 1 in 2,761 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #377Cristal679
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 2,761 of them was named Cristal, which outranked 97.6% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cristal
  1. #374Celeste687
  2. #374Katharine687
  3. #376Tanisha681
  4. #377Cristal679
  5. #377Meaghan679
  6. #379Mckenzie677
  7. #380Chanel676
  8. #380Shayna676

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →