Krystalynn — girls' name
244 babies named Krystalynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Krystalynn was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Krystalynn in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Krystalynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 244 babies named Krystalynn between 1983 and 2018, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Krystalynn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Krystalynn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Krystalynn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Krystalynn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Krystalynn 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 244 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.
Krystalynn at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Krystalynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1983
- Peak year (1988)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
244 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 13 births in a single year.
Krystalynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 72 births that decade — 30% of Krystalynn's all-time total
Krystalynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Krystalynn's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Krystalynn by state
Where Krystalynn concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 244 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.0% 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, 1983–2018 (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.