Kristal

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births

Peak · girls
1982 · 582 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,079
since 1951

Kristal over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #399, 1982girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,49114
2024#8,94611
2023#8,05513
2022#6,46418
2021#6,17419
2020#5,48722
2019#5,16325
2018#5,15225
2017#4,38432
2016#3,84939
2015#4,98127
2014#3,77840
2013#3,04254
2012#2,51672
2011#2,55570
2010#2,25885
2009#2,20489
2008#2,10696
2007#1,940106
2006#2,18688
2005#1,681118
2004#1,498134
2003#1,579122
2002#1,432133
2001#1,356141
2000#1,353139
1999#1,222155
1998#1,254145
1997#1,130166
1996#1,056175
1995#919205
1994#939199
1993#844232
1992#860230
1991#755273
1990#690307
1989#656312
1988#622320
1987#562356
1986#529386
1985#469452
1984#429490
1983#400545
1982#399582
1981#430494
1980#505401
1979#478425
1978#511365
1977#542330
1976#605262
1975#649236
1974#681217
1973#621246
1972#621250
1971#637260
1970#748197
1969#845150
1968#794159
1967#1,03599
1966#1,08793
1965#1,09791
1964#1,25477
1963#1,16388
1962#1,35966
1961#1,46558
1960#1,29472
1959#1,46654
1958#2,07329
1957#2,41622
1956#2,45321
1955#2,72517
1954#3,15713
1953#3,68710
1952#4,1238
1951#4,3857
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First appearance
1951

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 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedNHWashington: #586 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,589 girlsWAIdaho: #269 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,337 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #506 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,308 girlsMNIllinois: #614 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,065 girlsILWisconsin: #431 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,138 girlsWIMichigan: #395 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,029 girlsMINew York: #891 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,194 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedIAIndiana: #591 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,799 girlsINOhio: #457 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,056 girlsOHPennsylvania: #687 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,334 girlsPANew Jersey: #705 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,045 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #673 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 5,287 girlsCAUtah: #450 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,033 girlsUTColorado: #385 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,471 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedNEMissouri: #502 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,379 girlsMOKentucky: #276 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,706 girlsKYWest Virginia: #321 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,359 girlsWVVirginia: #452 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,480 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedDEArizona: #462 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,731 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedNMKansas: #319 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,919 girlsKSArkansas: #221 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,048 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #378 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,697 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #229 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,134 girlsOKLouisiana: #476 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,057 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedMSAlabama: #511 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,625 girlsALGeorgia: #444 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,932 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kristal, so not publishedHITexas: #423 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 2,651 girlsTXFlorida: #536 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,669 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#221 · 1 in 1,048
  2. Oklahoma#229 · 1 in 1,134
  3. Idaho#269 · 1 in 1,337
  4. Kentucky#276 · 1 in 1,706
  5. Kansas#319 · 1 in 1,919

Best ever in a state: #194 in South Dakota, 1982.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#221121 in 1,048
Oklahoma#229151 in 1,134
Idaho#26951 in 1,337
Kentucky#276141 in 1,706
Kansas#31971 in 1,919
West Virginia#32151 in 2,359
North Carolina#378121 in 2,697
Colorado#38571 in 2,471
Michigan#395191 in 3,029
Texas#423391 in 2,651
Wisconsin#43171 in 4,138
Georgia#444111 in 2,932
Utah#45051 in 3,033
Virginia#45281 in 3,480
Ohio#457171 in 4,056
Arizona#46261 in 2,731
Louisiana#47691 in 3,057
Missouri#50271 in 4,379
Minnesota#50651 in 5,308
Alabama#51161 in 3,625
Florida#536121 in 3,669
Washington#58651 in 4,589
Indiana#59161 in 5,799
Illinois#614141 in 5,065
California#673291 in 5,287
Pennsylvania#68791 in 7,334
New Jersey#70561 in 6,045
New York#891121 in 8,194
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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1951
  • Peaked 1982 at #399 (582 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1968–1995
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,909
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 35.9% of all girls named Kristal (4,338) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s181#1,466 (1959)#2,943
1960s953#794 (1968)#1,139
1970s2,788#478 (1979)#609
1980s4,338#399 (1982)#500
1990s2,087#690 (1990)#967
2000s1,166#1,353 (2000)#1,734
2010s469#2,258 (2010)#3,768
2020s97#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 1978

girls
#511
365 births · 1 in 4,197 girls

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #511Kristal365
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 4,197 of them was named Kristal, which outranked 95.5% 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).

Ranked beside Kristal
  1. #508Jeanine370
  2. #508Marjorie370
  3. #508Tisha370
  4. #511Kristal365
  5. #511Isabel365
  6. #511Paige365
  7. #514Clarissa364
  8. #515Caryn362
  9. #515Glenda362

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

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

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

See the top 100 for 1978 →