Girl name#1,245 of girl names
Kristal
Pronounced K R IH1 S T AA1 L (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1982
- 74 years in use
How popular is Kristal?
Kristal is a girls' name, and first appears in 1951. It has been given to 12,488 children — the 1,245th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 231 births across the past decade, against a peak of 582 in a single year. That peak was in 1982.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K R IH1 S T AA1 L
- Stress pattern:
- 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Kristal
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Kristal
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Kristal?
- Kristal ranks 1,245th among girls' names in US records, with 12,488 births since 1951. Over the past decade it accounts for 231.
- Is Kristal a unisex name?
- No. Kristal is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Kristal most popular?
- 1982, when 582 children were given the name. It has been in use for 74 years and is still recorded as of 2024.