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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #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 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedNHWashington: #455 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,259 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #617 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,272 girlsMNIllinois: #313 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 1,619 girlsILWisconsin: #326 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,700 girlsWIMichigan: #272 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,445 girlsMINew York: #246 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 1,288 girlsNYMassachusetts: #387 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,416 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedRIOregon: #396 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,829 girlsORNevada: #331 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,358 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedSDIowa: #468 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,836 girlsIAIndiana: #584 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,701 girlsINOhio: #583 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,429 girlsOHPennsylvania: #447 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,765 girlsPANew Jersey: #248 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,347 girlsNJConnecticut: #210 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 948 girlsCTCalifornia: #262 for girls · 170 births · 1 in 1,317 girlsCAUtah: #275 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,217 girlsUTColorado: #424 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,006 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedNEMissouri: #676 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,905 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedWVVirginia: #548 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,553 girlsVAMaryland: #326 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,640 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedDEArizona: #467 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,282 girlsAZNew Mexico: #273 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,019 girlsNMKansas: #452 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,224 girlsKSArkansas: #347 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,738 girlsARTennessee: #644 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,451 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #302 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,555 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #489 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,397 girlsOKLouisiana: #358 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,826 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedMSAlabama: #483 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,640 girlsALGeorgia: #638 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,005 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedHITexas: #222 for girls · 144 births · 1 in 1,064 girlsTXFlorida: #282 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 1,516 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#210 · 1 in 948
  2. Texas#222 · 1 in 1,064
  3. New York#246 · 1 in 1,288
  4. New Jersey#248 · 1 in 1,347
  5. California#262 · 1 in 1,317

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#210161 in 948
Texas#2221441 in 1,064
New York#246781 in 1,288
New Jersey#248311 in 1,347
California#2621701 in 1,317
Michigan#272361 in 1,445
New Mexico#27381 in 1,019
Utah#275141 in 1,217
Florida#282511 in 1,516
North Carolina#302291 in 1,555
Illinois#313441 in 1,619
Maryland#326151 in 1,640
Wisconsin#326151 in 1,700
Nevada#33171 in 1,358
Arkansas#34771 in 1,738
Louisiana#358121 in 1,826
Massachusetts#387131 in 2,416
Oregon#39691 in 1,829
Colorado#424121 in 2,006
Pennsylvania#447211 in 2,765
Kansas#45261 in 2,224
Washington#455131 in 2,259
Arizona#467141 in 2,282
Iowa#46851 in 2,836
Alabama#48381 in 2,640
Oklahoma#48971 in 2,397
Virginia#548101 in 3,553
Ohio#583141 in 4,429
Indiana#58491 in 3,701
Minnesota#61761 in 4,272
Georgia#638121 in 4,005
Tennessee#64471 in 4,451
Missouri#67661 in 4,905
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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 2000

girls
#346
890 births · 1 in 2,040 girls

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #346Krystal890
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 2,040 of them was named Krystal, which outranked 98.0% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Krystal
  1. #343Monique899
  2. #343Teresa899
  3. #345Helen891
  4. #346Krystal890
  5. #347Tiana887
  6. #348Cassie886
  7. #349Kayleigh885
Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

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

See the top 100 for 2000 →