# Crystal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/crystal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Chrystal, Krystal, Krystle |
| US babies named this | 333,298 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,184 / 332,114 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,293, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 934 | 340 |
| 2012 | 818 | 385 |
| 2013 | 663 | 465 |
| 2014 | 663 | 477 |
| 2015 | 560 | 556 |
| 2016 | 544 | 572 |
| 2017 | 458 | 644 |
| 2018 | 399 | 716 |
| 2019 | 358 | 775 |
| 2020 | 316 | 857 |
| 2021 | 271 | 959 |
| 2022 | 250 | 1,026 |
| 2023 | 202 | 1,189 |
| 2024 | 205 | 1,172 |
| 2025 | 202 | 1,145 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 17 | 3,688 |
| 1994 | 16 | 3,945 |
| 1995 | 14 | 4,320 |
| 1996 | 12 | 4,928 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,333 |
| 1998 | 11 | 5,546 |
| 1999 | 5 | 10,208 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9,605 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,220 |
| 2004 | 16 | 5,052 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11,787 |
| 2006 | 7 | 9,769 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,730 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,076 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,025 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 139 | 343 |
| 2012 | 142 | 341 |
| 2013 | 127 | 358 |
| 2014 | 102 | 427 |
| 2015 | 78 | 560 |
| 2016 | 91 | 481 |
| 2017 | 60 | 683 |
| 2018 | 54 | 729 |
| 2019 | 46 | 806 |
| 2020 | 48 | 765 |
| 2021 | 50 | 747 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,326 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,135 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,353 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,362 |

## People named Crystal

- Crystal Reed, American actress
- Crystal Eastman, American lawyer and feminist
- Crystal Dunn, American association football player
- Crystal Lowe, Canadian actress
- Crystal Gayle, American country music singer (born 1951)
- Crystal Waters, American singer-songwriter
- Crystal Bowersox, American singer, songwriter and actress
- Crystal Allen, American actress (born 1972)
- Crystal Bernard, American singer-songwriter and actress
- Crystal Emmanuel-Ahye, Canadian track and field athlete
- Crystal Chappell, American actress
- Crystal Bayat, Afghan human rights activist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.