Girls' name · since 1980
Crystin
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 225 babies named Crystin, peaking in 1983. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,608 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 225
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Crystin is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 225 have been recorded since 1980.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Crystin has been recorded 225 times among girls since 1980, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2015.
- #18,608 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 225 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Crystin ranks #18,608 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 225 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #18,608 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 225
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Crystin's 225 recorded births place it above 74.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Crystin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Crystin splits its recorded history at 1993: 40% of all births land in the more recent half, 60% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Crystin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2015
- Peak year (1983)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Crystin by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (109 births, 48% of the file).
1980s was Crystin's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Crystin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
109 births
- 1990s
1990s
62 births
- 2000s 41
2000s
41 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 109 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Crystin's decade-level peak was the 1980s (109 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Crystin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1980–2015 (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 Crystin 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.