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 2002
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#66 · 1 in 352
- Rhode Island#110 · 1 in 391
- Texas#116 · 1 in 541
- New York#120 · 1 in 570
- New Mexico#133 · 1 in 463
Best ever in a state: #2 in North Carolina, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #66 | 632 | 1 in 352 |
| Rhode Island | #110 | 10 | 1 in 391 |
| Texas | #116 | 288 | 1 in 541 |
| New York | #120 | 170 | 1 in 570 |
| New Mexico | #133 | 18 | 1 in 463 |
| Arizona | #136 | 53 | 1 in 612 |
| Illinois | #146 | 108 | 1 in 636 |
| Delaware | #148 | 6 | 1 in 507 |
| Oregon | #152 | 26 | 1 in 616 |
| Florida | #157 | 101 | 1 in 763 |
| Kansas | #161 | 20 | 1 in 673 |
| Alaska | #162 | 5 | 1 in 457 |
| New Jersey | #171 | 50 | 1 in 824 |
| Montana | #173 | 5 | 1 in 549 |
| Nebraska | #174 | 12 | 1 in 692 |
| Nevada | #175 | 15 | 1 in 680 |
| Connecticut | #177 | 18 | 1 in 813 |
| Virginia | #183 | 43 | 1 in 829 |
| Georgia | #187 | 52 | 1 in 931 |
| Maine | #191 | 6 | 1 in 734 |
| Colorado | #193 | 30 | 1 in 828 |
| Washington | #195 | 33 | 1 in 861 |
| Massachusetts | #206 | 30 | 1 in 1,023 |
| Utah | #211 | 20 | 1 in 880 |
| Arkansas | #214 | 13 | 1 in 910 |
| Oklahoma | #214 | 18 | 1 in 923 |
| Indiana | #218 | 31 | 1 in 1,041 |
| Michigan | #234 | 42 | 1 in 1,161 |
| North Carolina | #239 | 38 | 1 in 1,143 |
| Maryland | #251 | 20 | 1 in 1,188 |
| Iowa | #263 | 11 | 1 in 1,227 |
| Pennsylvania | #263 | 39 | 1 in 1,417 |
| Minnesota | #264 | 19 | 1 in 1,336 |
| West Virginia | #267 | 6 | 1 in 1,190 |
| Wisconsin | #272 | 19 | 1 in 1,309 |
| Missouri | #275 | 20 | 1 in 1,396 |
| Idaho | #282 | 6 | 1 in 1,036 |
| Kentucky | #300 | 13 | 1 in 1,483 |
| Alabama | #308 | 13 | 1 in 1,500 |
| South Carolina | #339 | 10 | 1 in 1,651 |
| Ohio | #349 | 30 | 1 in 1,940 |
| Louisiana | #356 | 13 | 1 in 1,578 |
| Mississippi | #365 | 7 | 1 in 1,616 |
| Tennessee | #442 | 12 | 1 in 2,502 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| 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 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 2002
Top girls' names in 2002
Top boys' names in 2002
More about 2002
girls
1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 838 of them was named Crystal, which outranked 99.1% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 323,586 of them was named Crystal, which outranked 24.8% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,456Zyire7
- #8,456Zymere7
- #8,456Zyrus7
- #9,392Crystal6
- #9,392Aalijah6
- #9,392Aarav6
- #9,392Aarik6
- #10,667Aakarsh5
- #10,667Aakeem5
- #10,667Aamarion5
Tied with 1,274 names at #9,392; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.