Kystal — girls' name
22 babies named Kystal in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
73% of everyone ever named Kystal was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Kystal in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kystal
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Kystal between 1985 and 1990, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kystal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kystal performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kystal shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kystal 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 22 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.
Kystal at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kystal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1985
- Peak year (1985)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
22 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 6 births in a single year.
Kystal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 16 births that decade — 73% of Kystal's all-time total
Kystal decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kystal's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
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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, 1985–1990 (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.