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

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Peak · girls
1985 · 5,933 births
Debut · girls
16 births
In top 100 · girls
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
75,186
since 1946

Krystal over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #53, 1985girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,11788—
2024#2,17887—
2023#1,762116—
2022#1,870108—
2021#1,516139—
2020#1,752114—
2019#1,446153—
2018#1,386162—
2017#1,187206—
2016#1,152218—
2015#1,121228—
2014#1,005261—
2013#857301—
2012#817328—
2011#757364—
2010#718393—
2009#649455—
2008#552557—
2007#511619—
2006#504606—
2005#427719—
2004#432703—
2003#412736—
2002#395743—
2001#373795—
2000#346890—
1999#329929—
1998#2821,093—
1997#2471,188—
1996#2171,336—
1995#1891,566—
1994#1641,890—
1993#1422,211—
1992#1282,619#4,87211
1991#1122,957#3,81315
1990#1043,290#4,99310
1989#823,787#2,61524
1988#744,019#3,35015
1987#704,378#5,4597
1986#614,929#2,05728
1985#535,933#2,07127
1984#743,933#2,70617
1983#783,716#3,23013
1982#833,504#3,48212
1981#1312,134—
1980#2201,163—
1979#2241,164#6,0565
1978#2301,074#5,0596
1977#282847—
1976#375550—
1975#417485—
1974#417473—
1973#412480—
1972#426455—
1971#497384—
1970#550337—
1969#653234—
1968#625236—
1967#750172—
1966#747174—
1965#751178—
1964#743197—
1963#847152—
1962#916133—
1961#972123—
1960#970121—
1959#1,13588—
1958#1,15784—
1957#1,34462—
1956#1,58145—
1955#1,69137—
1954#1,70236—
1953#1,54940—
1952#1,23659—
1951#1,25455—
1950#3,9628—
1949#3,6129—
1948#4,6516—
1947#4,0078—
1946#2,39216—
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First appearance
1946

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 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #58 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 203 girlsAKMaine: #163 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 715 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #104 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 450 girlsNHWashington: #159 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 789 girlsWAIdaho: #141 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 545 girlsIDMontana: #132 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 479 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #115 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 416 girlsNDMinnesota: #166 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 909 girlsMNIllinois: #147 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 724 girlsILWisconsin: #113 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 533 girlsWIMichigan: #112 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 559 girlsMINew York: #94 for girls · 252 births · 1 in 461 girlsNYMassachusetts: #132 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 641 girlsMARhode Island: #145 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 653 girlsRIOregon: #120 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 561 girlsORNevada: #92 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 364 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedSDIowa: #164 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 804 girlsIAIndiana: #166 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 898 girlsINOhio: #201 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 1,152 girlsOHPennsylvania: #164 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 925 girlsPANew Jersey: #113 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 536 girlsNJConnecticut: #165 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 940 girlsCTCalifornia: #138 for girls · 379 births · 1 in 678 girlsCAUtah: #106 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 406 girlsUTColorado: #153 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 755 girlsCONebraska: #284 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,699 girlsNEMissouri: #125 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 606 girlsMOKentucky: #160 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 839 girlsKYWest Virginia: #153 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 697 girlsWVVirginia: #110 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 514 girlsVAMaryland: #139 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 689 girlsMDDelaware: #158 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 714 girlsDEArizona: #105 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 485 girlsAZNew Mexico: #75 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 309 girlsNMKansas: #138 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 606 girlsKSArkansas: #82 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 359 girlsARTennessee: #183 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 992 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #122 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 622 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #107 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 510 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #138 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 527 girlsDCOklahoma: #136 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 593 girlsOKLouisiana: #94 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 465 girlsLAMississippi: #141 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 644 girlsMSAlabama: #168 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 930 girlsALGeorgia: #215 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,215 girlsGAHawaii: #187 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 686 girlsHITexas: #95 for girls · 318 births · 1 in 433 girlsTXFlorida: #100 for girls · 150 births · 1 in 501 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alaska#58 · 1 in 203
  2. New Mexico#75 · 1 in 309
  3. Arkansas#82 · 1 in 359
  4. Nevada#92 · 1 in 364
  5. New York#94 · 1 in 461

Best ever in a state: #29 in Nevada, 1985.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#58161 in 203
New Mexico#75301 in 309
Arkansas#82331 in 359
Nevada#92201 in 364
Louisiana#94511 in 465
New York#942521 in 461
Texas#953181 in 433
Florida#1001501 in 501
New Hampshire#104131 in 450
Arizona#105541 in 485
Utah#106341 in 406
South Carolina#107371 in 510
Virginia#110711 in 514
Michigan#1121021 in 559
New Jersey#113851 in 536
Wisconsin#113521 in 533
North Dakota#11581 in 416
Oregon#120291 in 561
North Carolina#122641 in 622
Missouri#125511 in 606
Massachusetts#132561 in 641
Montana#13271 in 479
Oklahoma#136291 in 593
California#1383791 in 678
District of Columbia#138101 in 527
Kansas#138221 in 606
Maryland#139391 in 689
Idaho#141101 in 545
Mississippi#141201 in 644
Rhode Island#14581 in 653
Illinois#1471041 in 724
Colorado#153281 in 755
West Virginia#153121 in 697
Delaware#15851 in 714
Washington#159391 in 789
Kentucky#160251 in 839
Maine#16381 in 715
Iowa#164191 in 804
Pennsylvania#164741 in 925
Connecticut#165191 in 940
Indiana#166371 in 898
Minnesota#166291 in 909
Alabama#168231 in 930
Tennessee#183301 in 992
Hawaii#18771 in 686
Ohio#201591 in 1,152
Georgia#215341 in 1,215
Nebraska#28451 in 1,699
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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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 1985 at #53 (5,933 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1982–1989
  • Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1960–2013
Share of babies · girls
1 in 290
  • Highest: 1 in 290 girls born in 1985 were named Krystal (0.34%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,264 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 49.9% of all girls named Krystal (37,496) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s39#2,392 (1946)#3,666
1950s514#1,135 (1959)#1,661
1960s1,720#625 (1968)#797
1970s6,249#224 (1979)#383
1980s37,496#53 (1985)#93
1990s19,079#104 (1990)#191
2000s6,823#346 (2000)#460
2010s2,614#718 (2010)#1,045
2020s652#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 1992

girls
#128
2,619 births · 1 in 704 girls
boys
#4,872
11 births · 1 in 181,583 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #128Krystal2,619

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #4,872Krystal11
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 704 of them was named Krystal, which outranked 99.2% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Krystal
  1. #125Kendra2,673
  2. #125Mackenzie2,673
  3. #127Grace2,659
  4. #128Krystal2,619
  5. #129Sierra2,614
  6. #130Destiny2,610
  7. #131Katrina2,526
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

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

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 181,583 of them was named Krystal, which outranked 50.4% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Krystal
  1. #4,564Zeus12
  2. #4,564Zoltan12
  3. #4,564Zuriel12
  4. #4,872Krystal11
  5. #4,872Abbas11
  6. #4,872Abdias11
  7. #4,872Adron11
  8. #5,236Aaric10
  9. #5,236Aarion10
  10. #5,236Abisai10

Tied with 363 names at #4,872; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,348Dalvin#7,271 → #923
  2. ↑ 3,435Jalen#3,813 → #378
  3. ↑ 2,026Davante#2,828 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,555Davonta#2,469 → #914
  5. ↑ 1,383Juwan#2,344 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,632Unnamed#972 → #3,604
  2. ↓ 450Octavius#945 → #1,395
  3. ↓ 398Male#679 → #1,077
  4. ↓ 394Khiry#915 → #1,309
  5. ↓ 379Dijon#915 → #1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1992 →