Krystal Girl
How popular is Krystal?
#2,117 girl name in 2025
88 baby girls were named Krystal in the US in 2025, making it the 2117th most popular girl name.
Krystal popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,117 for girls (▲ 61 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 88 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-61% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,121 in 2015, #1,752 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1985 (5,933 girls) |
| Highest rank | #53 in 1985 |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Krystal 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 Krystal is most popular
Babies named Krystal per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (78 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (68 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 girls)
Krystal by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 39 | #2,391 |
| 1950s | 514 | #1,134 |
| 1960s | 1,720 | #625 |
| 1970s | 6,249 | #224 |
| 1980s | 37,496 | #53 |
| 1990s | 19,079 | #104 |
| 2000s | 6,823 | #346 |
| 2010s | 2,614 | #718 |
| 2020s | 652 | #1,516 |
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Questions
- Is Krystal a boy or girl name?
- Krystal is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Krystal were girls.
- How popular is the name Krystal?
- 88 baby girls were named Krystal in the US in 2025, making it the 2117th most popular girl name.
- When was Krystal most popular?
- Krystal peaked in 1985, when 5,933 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #53 in 1985.
- How many people are named Krystal?
- 75,376 babies have been named Krystal in the US since 1880. We estimate about 73,345 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 39.
- Where is Krystal most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Krystal was most common in Florida, 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.