Girls' name · peaked in 1982
Crystal name popularity since 1925
331,013 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Crystal. Half of them were born in 1983 or earlier, so the typical Crystal is about 43 years old in 2026. Crystal peaked in 1982 as the #9 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 331,013
- Named Crystal, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,145 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 329,840 girls · 1,173 boys
- Most popular in
- New Mexico
- 1.66× its national share
Peak year is the year Crystal made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Crystal births per year, 1925–2025
1982 was the biggest year for Crystal both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1949 and 1954, Crystal became 2.5× more common, from 1 in 6,340 baby girls to 1 in 2,560.
- Steepest fall: Between 1984 and 1989, its share of baby girls fell by 50%, from 1 in 102 to 1 in 203.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Crystal's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Crystal.
Decade by decade
Babies named Crystal in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 500 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 816 | 0 | #717 |
| 1940s | 1,921 | 5 | #690 |
| 1950s | 9,014 | 5 | #290 |
| 1960s | 24,973 | 84 | #146 |
| 1970s | 73,757 | 247 | #43 |
| 1980s | 141,007 | 622 | #21 |
| 1990s | 51,098 | 153 | #80 |
| 2000s | 18,905 | 51 | #187 |
| 2010s | 6,403 | 6 | #556 |
| 2020–25 | 1,446 | 0 | #1,145 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
51.1% of babies named Crystal from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Crystal is most popular
The index compares Crystal's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Crystal.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 1.66× | 3,034 |
| North Carolina | 1.60× | 15,005 |
| Alaska | 1.59× | 785 |
| South Carolina | 1.39× | 6,459 |
| Wyoming | 1.38× | 620 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Crystal and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Crystal (this page) | 329,840 | 1982 |
| Krystal | 75,186 | 1985 |
| Cristal | 15,881 | 1991 |
| Chrystal | 15,247 | 1982 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Crystal's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Crystal.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Crystal (1982).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data