Crystal — #1173 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Crystal

The Social Security Administration has registered 331,907 babies named Crystal between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Crystal currently holds the #1173 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 19,098 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Crystal performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 141,009 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Crystal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 41,025 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Crystal in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Crystal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 331,907 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.