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 2019
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Texas#814 · 1 in 4,404
- California#910 · 1 in 5,428
- Tennessee#1,092 · 1 in 6,121
- Florida#1,123 · 1 in 7,049
- New York#1,330 · 1 in 8,490
Best ever in a state: #29 in Nevada, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Texas | #814 | 36 | 1 in 4,404 |
| California | #910 | 34 | 1 in 5,428 |
| Tennessee | #1,092 | 5 | 1 in 6,121 |
| Florida | #1,123 | 12 | 1 in 7,049 |
| New York | #1,330 | 10 | 1 in 8,490 |
| Illinois | #1,335 | 6 | 1 in 8,597 |
| North Carolina | #1,417 | 5 | 1 in 8,980 |
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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 2019
Top girls' names in 2019
More about 2019
girls
1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 10,970 of them was named Krystal, which outranked 92.0% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,441Emmarie154
- #1,441Jael154
- #1,441Yusra154
- #1,446Krystal153
- #1,446Alissa153
- #1,446Arie153
- #1,446Leylani153
- #1,452Bentley152
- #1,452Chiara152
- #1,452Delia152
Tied with 5 names at #1,446; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.