Girls' name · since 1982
Krystyl
Krystyl has 88 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 88
- total births
- 1982–1992
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 81%
- born in that decade
88 girls have been named Krystyl since 1982, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Krystyl has 88 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 1992.
- 88 total births
- 1982–1992 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 81% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Krystyl's 88 recorded births place it above 60% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Krystyl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Krystyl's full recorded timeline at 1987, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Krystyl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1992
- Peak year (1988)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Krystyl by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Krystyl's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Krystyl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
71 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 71 births (81% of all-time use).
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- Krystyl's decade-level peak was the 1980s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1982–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Krystyl: Baby Name Since 1982 - 88 Births, Peak 1988." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/krystyl. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Krystyl 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 July 2026.