Cristal Girl
How popular is Cristal?
#3,902 girl name in 2025
37 baby girls were named Cristal in the US in 2025, making it the 3902nd most popular girl name.
Cristal popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,902 for girls (▼ 1317 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 37 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-63% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,984 in 2015, #3,061 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (679 girls) |
| Highest rank | #377 in 1991 |
| First recorded | 1947 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cristal counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Crystal family of names ranked #643 for girls in 2025 (#576 the year before), with 422 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Crystal | 202 | 48% |
| Krystal | 88 | 21% |
| Cristal | 37 | 9% |
| Kristel | 33 | 8% |
| Cristel | 37 | 9% |
| Kristal | 14 | 3% |
| Kristell | 11 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cristal is most popular
Babies named Cristal per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (56 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Cristal by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1950s | 110 | #2,053 |
| 1960s | 487 | #1,074 |
| 1970s | 1,230 | #938 |
| 1980s | 2,899 | #388 |
| 1990s | 5,215 | #377 |
| 2000s | 4,305 | #536 |
| 2010s | 1,332 | #1,066 |
| 2020s | 298 | #2,585 |
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Questions
- Is Cristal a boy or girl name?
- Cristal is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cristal were girls.
- How popular is the name Cristal?
- 37 baby girls were named Cristal in the US in 2025, making it the 3902nd most popular girl name.
- When was Cristal most popular?
- Cristal peaked in 1991, when 679 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #377 in 1991.
- How many people are named Cristal?
- 15,936 babies have been named Cristal in the US since 1880. We estimate about 15,589 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Cristal most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cristal was most common in Texas, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.