Krystal
#2,117 for girls in 2025, 88 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #4,872
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1985 · 5,933 births
- Debut · girls
- 16 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 8 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 75,186since 1946
Krystal 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,117 | 88 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,178 | 87 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,762 | 116 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,870 | 108 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,516 | 139 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,752 | 114 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,446 | 153 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,386 | 162 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,187 | 206 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,152 | 218 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,121 | 228 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,005 | 261 | — | |
| 2013 | #857 | 301 | — | |
| 2012 | #817 | 328 | — | |
| 2011 | #757 | 364 | — | |
| 2010 | #718 | 393 | — | |
| 2009 | #649 | 455 | — | |
| 2008 | #552 | 557 | — | |
| 2007 | #511 | 619 | — | |
| 2006 | #504 | 606 | — | |
| 2005 | #427 | 719 | — | |
| 2004 | #432 | 703 | — | |
| 2003 | #412 | 736 | — | |
| 2002 | #395 | 743 | — | |
| 2001 | #373 | 795 | — | |
| 2000 | #346 | 890 | — | |
| 1999 | #329 | 929 | — | |
| 1998 | #282 | 1,093 | — | |
| 1997 | #247 | 1,188 | — | |
| 1996 | #217 | 1,336 | — | |
| 1995 | #189 | 1,566 | — | |
| 1994 | #164 | 1,890 | — | |
| 1993 | #142 | 2,211 | — | |
| 1992 | #128 | 2,619 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #112 | 2,957 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #104 | 3,290 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #82 | 3,787 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #74 | 4,019 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #70 | 4,378 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #61 | 4,929 | #2,057 | 28 |
| 1985 | #53 | 5,933 | #2,071 | 27 |
| 1984 | #74 | 3,933 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #78 | 3,716 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #83 | 3,504 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #131 | 2,134 | — | |
| 1980 | #220 | 1,163 | — | |
| 1979 | #224 | 1,164 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #230 | 1,074 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #282 | 847 | — | |
| 1976 | #375 | 550 | — | |
| 1975 | #417 | 485 | — | |
| 1974 | #417 | 473 | — | |
| 1973 | #412 | 480 | — | |
| 1972 | #426 | 455 | — | |
| 1971 | #497 | 384 | — | |
| 1970 | #550 | 337 | — | |
| 1969 | #653 | 234 | — | |
| 1968 | #625 | 236 | — | |
| 1967 | #750 | 172 | — | |
| 1966 | #747 | 174 | — | |
| 1965 | #751 | 178 | — | |
| 1964 | #743 | 197 | — | |
| 1963 | #847 | 152 | — | |
| 1962 | #916 | 133 | — | |
| 1961 | #972 | 123 | — | |
| 1960 | #970 | 121 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,135 | 88 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,157 | 84 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,344 | 62 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,581 | 45 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,702 | 36 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,549 | 40 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,236 | 59 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,254 | 55 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Krystal! It came in at #2,392, and was given to 16 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1950, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
Where Krystal is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alaska#107 · 1 in 383
- South Carolina#110 · 1 in 493
- Wyoming#111 · 1 in 409
- Arkansas#124 · 1 in 563
- Alabama#127 · 1 in 573
Best ever in a state: #29 in Nevada, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #107 | 7 | 1 in 383 |
| South Carolina | #110 | 35 | 1 in 493 |
| Wyoming | #111 | 7 | 1 in 409 |
| Arkansas | #124 | 23 | 1 in 563 |
| Alabama | #127 | 40 | 1 in 573 |
| Louisiana | #129 | 49 | 1 in 597 |
| Hawaii | #135 | 10 | 1 in 476 |
| Nevada | #140 | 7 | 1 in 531 |
| Michigan | #157 | 73 | 1 in 816 |
| Nebraska | #158 | 13 | 1 in 793 |
| Texas | #159 | 139 | 1 in 799 |
| Mississippi | #160 | 22 | 1 in 708 |
| Rhode Island | #162 | 6 | 1 in 745 |
| Iowa | #168 | 22 | 1 in 895 |
| Kansas | #175 | 17 | 1 in 846 |
| Oklahoma | #176 | 22 | 1 in 841 |
| South Dakota | #176 | 6 | 1 in 783 |
| Idaho | #177 | 9 | 1 in 767 |
| Oregon | #183 | 18 | 1 in 932 |
| New Hampshire | #185 | 5 | 1 in 964 |
| Montana | #189 | 6 | 1 in 780 |
| North Carolina | #192 | 35 | 1 in 939 |
| Virginia | #193 | 28 | 1 in 1,042 |
| Arizona | #195 | 20 | 1 in 893 |
| Tennessee | #201 | 26 | 1 in 1,096 |
| Utah | #201 | 16 | 1 in 1,004 |
| Missouri | #204 | 29 | 1 in 1,113 |
| Colorado | #205 | 18 | 1 in 1,036 |
| Washington | #207 | 23 | 1 in 1,101 |
| Kentucky | #210 | 22 | 1 in 1,113 |
| Indiana | #212 | 29 | 1 in 1,250 |
| Georgia | #223 | 29 | 1 in 1,159 |
| Maryland | #228 | 15 | 1 in 1,298 |
| District of Columbia | #233 | 6 | 1 in 926 |
| Wisconsin | #234 | 21 | 1 in 1,457 |
| Minnesota | #238 | 17 | 1 in 1,634 |
| Florida | #271 | 29 | 1 in 1,616 |
| Ohio | #271 | 38 | 1 in 1,897 |
| New Mexico | #281 | 7 | 1 in 1,238 |
| California | #306 | 95 | 1 in 1,719 |
| New Jersey | #315 | 19 | 1 in 1,957 |
| Illinois | #330 | 35 | 1 in 2,134 |
| Massachusetts | #362 | 11 | 1 in 2,786 |
| Pennsylvania | #362 | 25 | 1 in 2,736 |
| New York | #564 | 24 | 1 in 4,122 |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
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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 Krystal
- 61 spots since 2024 (#2,178 → #2,117)
- 365 spots since 2020 (#1,752 → #2,117)
- 996 spots since 2015 (#1,121 → #2,117)
- Biggest jump: 165 spots in 1960 (#1,135 → #970)
- Biggest drop: 148 spots in 2014 (#857 → #1,005)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1985 at #53 (5,933 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1982–1989
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1960–2013
- Highest: 1 in 290 girls born in 1985 were named Krystal (0.34%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,264 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 49.9% of all girls named Krystal (37,496) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 39 | #2,392 (1946) | #3,666 |
| 1950s | 514 | #1,135 (1959) | #1,661 |
| 1960s | 1,720 | #625 (1968) | #797 |
| 1970s | 6,249 | #224 (1979) | #383 |
| 1980s | 37,496 | #53 (1985) | #93 |
| 1990s | 19,079 | #104 (1990) | #191 |
| 2000s | 6,823 | #346 (2000) | #460 |
| 2010s | 2,614 | #718 (2010) | #1,045 |
| 2020s | 652 | #1,516 (2021) | #1,866 |
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.
Krystal in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 1,379 of them was named Krystal, which outranked 98.1% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 344,307 of them was named Krystal, which outranked 14.4% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,015 names at #6,056; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.