Girls' name · since 1960
Crysta
Since 1960, U.S. Social Security records show 1,777 babies named Crysta, peaking in 1993. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #5,103 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,777
- born since 1960
- 1990s
- peak decade
Crysta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 1,777 recorded since 1960.
Crysta has 1,777 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1960 to 2020.
- #5,103 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,777 born since 1960
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Crysta ranks #5,103 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,777 born since 1960, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,103 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,777
- born since 1960
- 1990s
- peak decade
Crysta's 1,777 recorded births place it above 92.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Crysta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Crysta's full recorded timeline at 1988, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 195 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Crysta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2020
- Peak year (1993)
- 195
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Crysta by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (732 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Crysta's strongest decade.
732 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Crysta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 58
1960s
58 births
- 1970s 213
1970s
213 births
- 1980s
1980s
485 births
- 1990s
1990s
732 births
- 2000s 237
2000s
237 births
- 2010s 47
2010s
47 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 732 births (41% of all-time use).
How Crysta 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 Crysta's total volume
Crysta by state
Where Crysta concentrates geographically, total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 143 | 8.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 133 | 7.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 49 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 31 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 28 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 20 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Washington | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 10 | 0.6% |
143 of 1,777 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Crysta appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Crysta's data
- Crysta's decade-level peak was the 1990s (732 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Crystas (143 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Crysta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1960–2020 (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 Crysta 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.