Crystel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Crystel

The Social Security Administration has registered 743 babies named Crystel between 1900 and 2023, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Crystel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Crystel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 208 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Crystel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Crystel in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Crystel 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 743 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.