How popular is the name Crystal?

Crystal ranks 84th among girls' names in US records, with 456,389 births since 1884. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,163.

Is Crystal a unisex name?

No. Crystal is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1982, when 24,051 children were given the name. It has been in use for 141 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Krystal, Cristal, Chrystal. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#84 of girl names

Pronounced K R IH1 S T AH0 L (ARPABET)

Crystal is a girls' name, and first appears in 1884. It has been given to 456,389 children — the 84th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 71% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1982, when 24,051 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Krystal, Cristal and Chrystal — because they are pronounced identically.

1982Girls: 24,051Boys: 84

These spellings sound identical to Crystal and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Crystal?: Crystal ranks 84th among girls' names in US records, with 456,389 births since 1884. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,163.
Is Crystal a unisex name?: No. Crystal is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Crystal most popular?: 1982, when 24,051 children were given the name. It has been in use for 141 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Crystal spelled?: Krystal, Cristal, Chrystal. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.