Girls' name · since 1947
Cristal
Cristal has 15,881 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,232 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,921 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,881
- born since 1947
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cristal currently ranks #3921 among girls' names in America, with 15,881 babies recorded since 1947.
Cristal has 15,881 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3921 as of the latest data, more common than 77% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2025.
- #1,232 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,921 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 15,881 born since 1947
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cristal ranks #1,232 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,921 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 15,881 born since 1947, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,232 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,921 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,881
- born since 1947
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cristal's 15,881 recorded births place it above 98.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
38 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Cristal compares
15,881 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cristal's all-time total is 42x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cristal | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15,881 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 679 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cristal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cristal's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 75% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 25%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1947, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 679, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cristal popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 679
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Cristal popularity over time - boys
55 total births recorded since 1985 (Cristal as boys' name)
Cristal by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (5,215 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Cristal's strongest decade.
5,215 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Cristal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 110
1950s
110 births
- 1960s 487
1960s
487 births
- 1970s 1,230
1970s
1,230 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,899 births
- 1990s
1990s
5,215 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,305 births
- 2010s 1,332
2010s
1,332 births
- 2020s 298
2020s
298 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 5,215 births (33% of all-time use).
How Cristal compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Cristal's total volume
Cristal by state
Where Cristal concentrates geographically, total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,668 | 29.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,901 | 18.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 967 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 764 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 521 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 415 | 2.6% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 311 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Washington | | 269 | 1.7% |
4,668 of 15,881 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Cristal appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Cristal's data
- Cristal's decade-level peak was the 1990s (5,215 total births); usage has since declined to 298 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Cristals (4,668 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cristal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~78 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1947–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cristal draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.