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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202009peak #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
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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 2009

  • 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: #845 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,480 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: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedMNIllinois: #552 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,875 girlsILWisconsin: #492 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,451 girlsWIMichigan: #748 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,274 girlsMINew York: #828 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,739 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedORNevada: #557 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,292 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedIAIndiana: #942 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,283 girlsINOhio: #1,114 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,778 girlsOHPennsylvania: #747 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,553 girlsPANew Jersey: #430 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,129 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #406 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 2,099 girlsCAUtah: #671 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,174 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedWVVirginia: #697 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,669 girlsVAMaryland: #555 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,747 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedDEArizona: #753 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,725 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #725 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,868 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #447 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,062 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,525 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,145 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Krystal, so not publishedHITexas: #370 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 1,792 girlsTXFlorida: #558 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,941 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#370 · 1 in 1,792
  2. California#406 · 1 in 2,099
  3. New Jersey#430 · 1 in 2,129
  4. South Carolina#447 · 1 in 2,062
  5. Wisconsin#492 · 1 in 2,451

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#370931 in 1,792
California#4061041 in 2,099
New Jersey#430181 in 2,129
South Carolina#44791 in 2,062
Wisconsin#492101 in 2,451
Illinois#552221 in 2,875
Maryland#55591 in 2,747
Nevada#55751 in 2,292
Florida#558281 in 2,941
Utah#67161 in 3,174
Virginia#697101 in 3,669
North Carolina#725121 in 3,868
Pennsylvania#747121 in 4,553
Michigan#748101 in 4,274
Arizona#75391 in 3,725
New York#828201 in 4,739
Washington#84571 in 4,480
Indiana#94261 in 5,283
Ohio#1,11471 in 7,778
Georgia#1,52551 in 10,145
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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 2009

girls
#649
455 births · 1 in 4,038 girls

Top girls' names in 2009

  1. #1Isabella22,321
  2. #2Emma17,910
  3. #3Olivia17,444
  4. #4Sophia16,951
  5. #5Ava15,877
  6. #6Emily15,366
  7. #7Madison15,257
  8. #8Abigail14,401
  9. #9Chloe11,922
  10. #10Mia11,438
  11. #649Krystal455
More about 2009

girls

1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 4,038 of them was named Krystal, which outranked 96.8% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Krystal
  1. #645Haylie457
  2. #645Mercedes457
  3. #648Nylah456
  4. #649Krystal455
  5. #649Elyse455
  6. #649Kailee455
  7. #652Kirsten454
  8. #653Jaylene453
  9. #653Teresa453

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

Biggest movers since 2008
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,137Taraji#5,013 → #876
  2. ↑ 2,107Bristol#2,773 → #666
  3. ↑ 836Analia#1,167 → #331
  4. ↑ 773Harlow#1,677 → #904
  5. ↑ 610Maliah#1,405 → #795
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,450Dayami#754 → #2,204
  2. ↓ 953Mareli#723 → #1,676
  3. ↓ 773Mylie#839 → #1,612
  4. ↓ 517Marely#334 → #851
  5. ↓ 515Hillary#722 → #1,237

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

See the top 100 for 2009 →