Cystal — girls' name
155 babies named Cystal in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
74% of everyone ever named Cystal was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Cystal in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cystal
The Social Security Administration has registered 155 babies named Cystal between 1977 and 1992, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cystal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cystal performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Cystal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Cystal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cystal 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 155 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.
Cystal at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cystal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1977
- Peak year (1987)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
155 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 18 births in a single year.
Cystal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 114 births that decade — 74% of Cystal's all-time total
Cystal decade highlights
- Peak decade 114 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Cystal's strongest decade
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
Cystal by state
Where Cystal concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 4.5% |
7 of 155 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.