Krystal

Where Krystal comes from

The dictionaries list Krystal as a given name — a female given name from English, a re-spelling of Crystal — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • English
Along the way
  1. 1946
    First appearance
    #2,392 among girls, 16 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Peak, #53
    5,933 babies named Krystal — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1988
    Krystal Meyers born
    American Christian singer-songwriter
  4. 1991
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #112.
  5. 1994
    Krystal Jung born
    South Korean-American singer, actress and model
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English, a re-spelling of Crystal.
Namesakes
  • Krystal Jung · South Korean-American singer, actress and model, born 1994
  • Krystal Meyers · American Christian singer-songwriter, born 1988
  • Krystal Steal · American pornographic actress, born 1982
  • Krystal Ball · American journalist and TV host, born 1981
  • Krystal Thomas · American basketball player, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.