Crystal
#1,144 for girls in 2025, 202 births · Last seen for boys in 2010 at #10,766
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 19,099 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 27 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 332,114since 1884
Crystal 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 | #1,144 | 202 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,169 | 205 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,186 | 202 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,026 | 250 | — | |
| 2021 | #958 | 271 | — | |
| 2020 | #856 | 316 | — | |
| 2019 | #775 | 358 | — | |
| 2018 | #716 | 399 | — | |
| 2017 | #642 | 458 | — | |
| 2016 | #571 | 544 | — | |
| 2015 | #556 | 560 | — | |
| 2014 | #477 | 663 | — | |
| 2013 | #464 | 663 | — | |
| 2012 | #385 | 818 | — | |
| 2011 | #340 | 934 | — | |
| 2010 | #317 | 1,006 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #283 | 1,160 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #252 | 1,367 | — | |
| 2007 | #215 | 1,598 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #201 | 1,744 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #187 | 1,856 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #163 | 2,034 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #166 | 2,019 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #154 | 2,144 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #137 | 2,432 | — | |
| 2000 | #132 | 2,551 | — | |
| 1999 | #119 | 2,741 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #110 | 3,174 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #99 | 3,435 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #92 | 3,786 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #80 | 4,391 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #64 | 5,199 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | #57 | 5,829 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #50 | 6,598 | #3,338 | 19 |
| 1991 | #41 | 7,727 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #39 | 8,218 | #2,170 | 33 |
| 1989 | #32 | 9,103 | #1,258 | 74 |
| 1988 | #28 | 10,101 | #1,949 | 33 |
| 1987 | #26 | 11,011 | #1,506 | 47 |
| 1986 | #25 | 12,689 | #1,075 | 75 |
| 1985 | #21 | 14,399 | #1,181 | 63 |
| 1984 | #12 | 16,560 | #1,134 | 64 |
| 1983 | #11 | 17,904 | #967 | 83 |
| 1982 | #9 | 19,099 | #1,072 | 72 |
| 1981 | #16 | 15,888 | #1,225 | 56 |
| 1980 | #18 | 14,253 | #1,238 | 55 |
| 1979 | #18 | 13,467 | #1,340 | 48 |
| 1978 | #18 | 12,594 | #1,240 | 52 |
| 1977 | #25 | 9,724 | #1,948 | 25 |
| 1976 | #36 | 6,946 | #2,054 | 23 |
| 1975 | #43 | 6,243 | #1,835 | 26 |
| 1974 | #49 | 5,622 | #2,199 | 19 |
| 1973 | #48 | 5,768 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #59 | 5,044 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #79 | 4,530 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #101 | 3,819 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #118 | 2,987 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #118 | 2,753 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #139 | 2,522 | — | |
| 1966 | #145 | 2,423 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #146 | 2,543 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #136 | 2,945 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #156 | 2,581 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #180 | 2,100 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #182 | 2,117 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #189 | 2,002 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #212 | 1,552 | — | |
| 1958 | #234 | 1,307 | — | |
| 1957 | #224 | 1,410 | — | |
| 1956 | #289 | 931 | — | |
| 1955 | #290 | 888 | — | |
| 1954 | #307 | 758 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #315 | 676 | — | |
| 1952 | #328 | 623 | — | |
| 1951 | #338 | 550 | — | |
| 1950 | #452 | 319 | — | |
| 1949 | #490 | 270 | — | |
| 1948 | #485 | 275 | — | |
| 1947 | #453 | 325 | — | |
| 1946 | #514 | 235 | — | |
| 1945 | #690 | 117 | — | |
| 1944 | #625 | 136 | — | |
| 1943 | #599 | 158 | — | |
| 1942 | #560 | 175 | — | |
| 1941 | #626 | 128 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #686 | 102 | — | |
| 1939 | #765 | 80 | — | |
| 1938 | #764 | 83 | — | |
| 1937 | #761 | 80 | — | |
| 1936 | #739 | 81 | — | |
| 1935 | #715 | 88 | — | |
| 1934 | #675 | 98 | — | |
| 1933 | #808 | 68 | — | |
| 1932 | #781 | 75 | — | |
| 1931 | #743 | 82 | — | |
| 1930 | #780 | 81 | — | |
| 1929 | #704 | 99 | — | |
| 1928 | #742 | 91 | — | |
| 1927 | #757 | 91 | — | |
| 1926 | #735 | 97 | — | |
| 1925 | #668 | 122 | — | |
| 1924 | #736 | 100 | — | |
| 1923 | #701 | 109 | — | |
| 1922 | #674 | 117 | — | |
| 1921 | #629 | 137 | — | |
| 1920 | #650 | 123 | — | |
| 1919 | #655 | 113 | — | |
| 1918 | #596 | 142 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #506 | 171 | — | |
| 1916 | #562 | 143 | — | |
| 1915 | #541 | 138 | — | |
| 1914 | #624 | 85 | — | |
| 1913 | #573 | 79 | — | |
| 1912 | #515 | 88 | — | |
| 1911 | #617 | 48 | — | |
| 1910 | #528 | 60 | — | |
| 1909 | #614 | 40 | — | |
| 1908 | #511 | 50 | — | |
| 1907 | #631 | 35 | — | |
| 1906 | #578 | 37 | — | |
| 1905 | #426 | 63 | — | |
| 1904 | #445 | 53 | — | |
| 1903 | #574 | 32 | — | |
| 1902 | #623 | 28 | — | |
| 1901 | #577 | 29 | — | |
| 1900 | #688 | 27 | — | |
| 1899 | #507 | 34 | — | |
| 1898 | #631 | 26 | — | |
| 1897 | #735 | 18 | — | |
| 1896 | #707 | 20 | — | |
| 1895 | #770 | 17 | — | |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 | — | |
| 1893 | #713 | 17 | — | |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 | — | |
| 1891 | #644 | 17 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Crystal! It came in at #640, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Crystal is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#2 · 1 in 42
- South Carolina#2 · 1 in 46
- Virginia#4 · 1 in 54
- Kentucky#6 · 1 in 46
- Oklahoma#6 · 1 in 56
Best ever in a state: #2 in North Carolina, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #2 | 769 | 1 in 42 |
| South Carolina | #2 | 368 | 1 in 46 |
| Virginia | #4 | 511 | 1 in 54 |
| Arkansas | #6 | 217 | 1 in 58 |
| Kentucky | #6 | 517 | 1 in 46 |
| Oklahoma | #6 | 306 | 1 in 56 |
| Tennessee | #8 | 430 | 1 in 65 |
| West Virginia | #8 | 256 | 1 in 46 |
| Kansas | #10 | 191 | 1 in 70 |
| Georgia | #11 | 373 | 1 in 86 |
| Louisiana | #11 | 330 | 1 in 83 |
| Alabama | #12 | 256 | 1 in 85 |
| Nevada | #12 | 50 | 1 in 66 |
| Wyoming | #12 | 43 | 1 in 57 |
| Alaska | #13 | 36 | 1 in 69 |
| New Mexico | #13 | 104 | 1 in 79 |
| Mississippi | #14 | 145 | 1 in 106 |
| Texas | #15 | 1,040 | 1 in 99 |
| Florida | #16 | 405 | 1 in 109 |
| Indiana | #17 | 390 | 1 in 89 |
| Missouri | #17 | 369 | 1 in 83 |
| Delaware | #18 | 37 | 1 in 75 |
| Maryland | #18 | 198 | 1 in 92 |
| Vermont | #18 | 32 | 1 in 77 |
| Maine | #19 | 61 | 1 in 97 |
| Idaho | #20 | 69 | 1 in 97 |
| Oregon | #20 | 159 | 1 in 97 |
| Arizona | #21 | 139 | 1 in 118 |
| Colorado | #21 | 185 | 1 in 93 |
| District of Columbia | #22 | 48 | 1 in 115 |
| Hawaii | #22 | 39 | 1 in 117 |
| Ohio | #22 | 615 | 1 in 112 |
| Montana | #23 | 47 | 1 in 93 |
| New Hampshire | #24 | 45 | 1 in 104 |
| Washington | #25 | 204 | 1 in 112 |
| Utah | #26 | 115 | 1 in 132 |
| Michigan | #27 | 421 | 1 in 137 |
| Nebraska | #27 | 87 | 1 in 113 |
| North Dakota | #27 | 37 | 1 in 117 |
| California | #28 | 912 | 1 in 168 |
| South Dakota | #29 | 35 | 1 in 121 |
| Pennsylvania | #30 | 401 | 1 in 165 |
| Illinois | #31 | 418 | 1 in 170 |
| Iowa | #34 | 116 | 1 in 160 |
| Rhode Island | #38 | 28 | 1 in 154 |
| Wisconsin | #40 | 154 | 1 in 188 |
| Massachusetts | #42 | 144 | 1 in 206 |
| New York | #42 | 407 | 1 in 242 |
| Minnesota | #45 | 136 | 1 in 195 |
| Connecticut | #46 | 69 | 1 in 206 |
| New Jersey | #63 | 130 | 1 in 279 |
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 Crystal
- 25 spots since 2024 (#1,169 → #1,144)
- 288 spots since 2020 (#856 → #1,144)
- 588 spots since 2015 (#556 → #1,144)
- Biggest jump: 296 spots in 1891 (#940 → #644)
- Biggest drop: 281 spots in 1885 (#640 → #921)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1982 at #9 (19,099 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: 1 yr · 1982
- Top 100: 27 yrs · run 1971–1997
- Top 1,000: 136 yrs · run 1890–2021
- Highest: 1 in 89 girls born in 1982 were named Crystal (1.1%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,957 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 42.5% of all girls named Crystal (141,007) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 42 | #640 (1884) | #850 |
| 1890s | 185 | #507 (1899) | #730 |
| 1900s | 394 | #426 (1905) | #567 |
| 1910s | 1,067 | #506 (1917) | #572 |
| 1920s | 1,086 | #629 (1921) | #700 |
| 1930s | 816 | #675 (1934) | #753 |
| 1940s | 1,921 | #453 (1947) | #573 |
| 1950s | 9,014 | #212 (1959) | #299 |
| 1960s | 24,973 | #118 (1969) | #151 |
| 1970s | 73,757 | #18 (1979) | #48 |
| 1980s | 141,007 | #9 (1982) | #20 |
| 1990s | 51,098 | #39 (1990) | #75 |
| 2000s | 18,905 | #132 (2000) | #189 |
| 2010s | 6,403 | #317 (2010) | #524 |
| 2020s | 1,446 | #856 (2020) | #1,057 |
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.
Crystal in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 122 of them was named Crystal, which outranked 99.8% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 31,574 of them was named Crystal, which outranked 81.7% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,229Santino53
- #1,229Stanton53
- #1,229Wes53
- #1,240Crystal52
- #1,240Barron52
- #1,240Brandan52
- #1,240Dalton52
- #1,258Benjiman51
- #1,258Christos51
- #1,258Domenic51
Tied with 17 names at #1,240; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.