Kristal
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 582 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,079since 1951
Kristal over time
Rank among girls' names. Kristal 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 | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 |
| 2022 | #6,464 | 18 |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 |
| 2019 | #5,163 | 25 |
| 2018 | #5,152 | 25 |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 |
| 2016 | #3,849 | 39 |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 |
| 2014 | #3,778 | 40 |
| 2013 | #3,042 | 54 |
| 2012 | #2,516 | 72 |
| 2011 | #2,555 | 70 |
| 2010 | #2,258 | 85 |
| 2009 | #2,204 | 89 |
| 2008 | #2,106 | 96 |
| 2007 | #1,940 | 106 |
| 2006 | #2,186 | 88 |
| 2005 | #1,681 | 118 |
| 2004 | #1,498 | 134 |
| 2003 | #1,579 | 122 |
| 2002 | #1,432 | 133 |
| 2001 | #1,356 | 141 |
| 2000 | #1,353 | 139 |
| 1999 | #1,222 | 155 |
| 1998 | #1,254 | 145 |
| 1997 | #1,130 | 166 |
| 1996 | #1,056 | 175 |
| 1995 | #919 | 205 |
| 1994 | #939 | 199 |
| 1993 | #844 | 232 |
| 1992 | #860 | 230 |
| 1991 | #755 | 273 |
| 1990 | #690 | 307 |
| 1989 | #656 | 312 |
| 1988 | #622 | 320 |
| 1987 | #562 | 356 |
| 1986 | #529 | 386 |
| 1985 | #469 | 452 |
| 1984 | #429 | 490 |
| 1983 | #400 | 545 |
| 1982 | #399 | 582 |
| 1981 | #430 | 494 |
| 1980 | #505 | 401 |
| 1979 | #478 | 425 |
| 1978 | #511 | 365 |
| 1977 | #542 | 330 |
| 1976 | #605 | 262 |
| 1975 | #649 | 236 |
| 1974 | #681 | 217 |
| 1973 | #621 | 246 |
| 1972 | #621 | 250 |
| 1971 | #637 | 260 |
| 1970 | #748 | 197 |
| 1969 | #845 | 150 |
| 1968 | #794 | 159 |
| 1967 | #1,035 | 99 |
| 1966 | #1,087 | 93 |
| 1965 | #1,097 | 91 |
| 1964 | #1,254 | 77 |
| 1963 | #1,163 | 88 |
| 1962 | #1,359 | 66 |
| 1961 | #1,465 | 58 |
| 1960 | #1,294 | 72 |
| 1959 | #1,466 | 54 |
| 1958 | #2,073 | 29 |
| 1957 | #2,416 | 22 |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kristal! It came in at #4,385, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1953, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.
Where Kristal is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#423 · 1 in 2,939
- Ohio#593 · 1 in 7,510
- Illinois#603 · 1 in 6,436
- Michigan#630 · 1 in 7,717
- New Jersey#661 · 1 in 8,043
Best ever in a state: #194 in South Dakota, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #423 | 8 | 1 in 2,939 |
| Ohio | #593 | 11 | 1 in 7,510 |
| Illinois | #603 | 13 | 1 in 6,436 |
| Michigan | #630 | 9 | 1 in 7,717 |
| New Jersey | #661 | 6 | 1 in 8,043 |
| Pennsylvania | #710 | 8 | 1 in 10,527 |
| California | #821 | 17 | 1 in 9,047 |
| Texas | #974 | 8 | 1 in 11,741 |
| New York | #1,094 | 8 | 1 in 17,030 |
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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 Kristal
- 1,455 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #7,491)
- 2,004 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #7,491)
- 2,510 spots since 2015 (#4,981 → #7,491)
- Biggest jump: 241 spots in 1968 (#1,035 → #794)
- Biggest drop: 137 spots in 1996 (#919 → #1,056)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 1982 at #399 (582 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1968–1995
- Highest: 1 in 2,909 girls born in 1982 were named Kristal (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.9% of all girls named Kristal (4,338) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 181 | #1,466 (1959) | #2,943 |
| 1960s | 953 | #794 (1968) | #1,139 |
| 1970s | 2,788 | #478 (1979) | #609 |
| 1980s | 4,338 | #399 (1982) | #500 |
| 1990s | 2,087 | #690 (1990) | #967 |
| 2000s | 1,166 | #1,353 (2000) | #1,734 |
| 2010s | 469 | #2,258 (2010) | #3,768 |
| 2020s | 97 | #5,487 (2020) | #7,103 |
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.
Kristal in 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 10,317 of them was named Kristal, which outranked 90.3% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #791Dorothea160
- #791Gale160
- #791Shannan160
- #794Kristal159
- #794Bessie159
- #794Esmeralda159
- #794Karri159
- #801Aurora158
- #801Catrina158
- #801Myrna158
Tied with 6 names at #794; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.