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
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 679 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,881since 1947
Cristal over time
Rank among girls' names. Cristal has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | #3,903 | 37 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,585 | 68 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,181 | 51 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,470 | 45 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,435 | 45 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,061 | 52 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,784 | 60 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,145 | 88 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,108 | 91 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,149 | 90 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,984 | 100 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,768 | 117 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,435 | 157 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,273 | 188 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,066 | 231 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,156 | 210 | — | |
| 2009 | #879 | 312 | — | |
| 2008 | #758 | 388 | — | |
| 2007 | #688 | 426 | — | |
| 2006 | #662 | 436 | — | |
| 2005 | #614 | 459 | — | |
| 2004 | #562 | 510 | — | |
| 2003 | #655 | 405 | — | |
| 2002 | #625 | 408 | — | |
| 2001 | #552 | 477 | — | |
| 2000 | #536 | 484 | — | |
| 1999 | #570 | 441 | — | |
| 1998 | #526 | 480 | — | |
| 1997 | #505 | 484 | — | |
| 1996 | #463 | 541 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #474 | 520 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #461 | 550 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #502 | 491 | — | |
| 1992 | #440 | 571 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #377 | 679 | — | |
| 1990 | #520 | 458 | — | |
| 1989 | #567 | 392 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #586 | 346 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #522 | 390 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #388 | 593 | #4,130 | 10 |
| 1985 | #705 | 248 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #763 | 211 | — | |
| 1983 | #774 | 206 | — | |
| 1982 | #794 | 203 | — | |
| 1981 | #937 | 159 | — | |
| 1980 | #982 | 151 | — | |
| 1979 | #974 | 147 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,001 | 136 | — | |
| 1977 | #965 | 143 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,078 | 113 | — | |
| 1975 | #978 | 126 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,070 | 110 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,066 | 108 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,051 | 110 | — | |
| 1971 | #938 | 137 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,154 | 100 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,355 | 71 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,074 | 97 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,732 | 44 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,022 | 33 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,914 | 36 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,578 | 52 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,015 | 34 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,826 | 39 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,807 | 40 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,764 | 41 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
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| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
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| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
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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 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#223 · 1 in 1,115
- Texas#259 · 1 in 1,395
- New Mexico#261 · 1 in 1,088
- Nevada#279 · 1 in 1,179
- New York#363 · 1 in 2,129
Best ever in a state: #113 in New Mexico, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #223 | 206 | 1 in 1,115 |
| Texas | #259 | 100 | 1 in 1,395 |
| New Mexico | #261 | 8 | 1 in 1,088 |
| Nevada | #279 | 7 | 1 in 1,179 |
| New York | #363 | 49 | 1 in 2,129 |
| Connecticut | #376 | 7 | 1 in 2,330 |
| Arizona | #390 | 14 | 1 in 2,033 |
| Oregon | #432 | 7 | 1 in 2,379 |
| Washington | #451 | 11 | 1 in 2,595 |
| Colorado | #465 | 8 | 1 in 2,622 |
| Illinois | #465 | 25 | 1 in 2,858 |
| Florida | #584 | 17 | 1 in 4,278 |
| North Carolina | #609 | 9 | 1 in 4,372 |
| New Jersey | #691 | 8 | 1 in 5,292 |
| Georgia | #703 | 8 | 1 in 5,189 |
| Massachusetts | #705 | 5 | 1 in 6,440 |
| Pennsylvania | #910 | 7 | 1 in 8,650 |
| Michigan | #952 | 6 | 1 in 8,675 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1991 at #377 (679 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1979–2009
- 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%)
- 32.8% of all girls named Cristal (5,215) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,295 (1947) | #5,295 |
| 1950s | 110 | #2,054 (1959) | #3,694 |
| 1960s | 487 | #1,074 (1968) | #1,709 |
| 1970s | 1,230 | #938 (1971) | #1,028 |
| 1980s | 2,899 | #388 (1986) | #702 |
| 1990s | 5,215 | #377 (1991) | #484 |
| 2000s | 4,305 | #536 (2000) | #653 |
| 2010s | 1,332 | #1,066 (2011) | #1,787 |
| 2020s | 298 | #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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 3,240 of them was named Cristal, which outranked 97.1% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 378,860 of them was named Cristal, which outranked 14.4% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,521 names at #9,015; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.