Kristal — #9034 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kristal

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,065 babies named Kristal between 1951 and 2024, spanning 74 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kristal currently holds the #9034 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 582 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kristal performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 4,338 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kristal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,660 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kristal in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kristal 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 12,065 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.