# Krystal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/krystal/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 75,376 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 190 / 75,186 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,252, 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 | 364 | 757 |
| 2012 | 328 | 818 |
| 2013 | 301 | 858 |
| 2014 | 261 | 1,007 |
| 2015 | 228 | 1,121 |
| 2016 | 218 | 1,153 |
| 2017 | 206 | 1,187 |
| 2018 | 162 | 1,387 |
| 2019 | 153 | 1,448 |
| 2020 | 114 | 1,761 |
| 2021 | 139 | 1,519 |
| 2022 | 108 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 116 | 1,769 |
| 2024 | 87 | 2,188 |
| 2025 | 88 | 2,135 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 6 | 5,466 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,590 |
| 1982 | 12 | 3,601 |
| 1983 | 13 | 3,335 |
| 1984 | 17 | 2,764 |
| 1985 | 27 | 2,103 |
| 1986 | 28 | 2,083 |
| 1987 | 7 | 5,821 |
| 1988 | 15 | 3,449 |
| 1989 | 24 | 2,658 |
| 1990 | 10 | 5,216 |
| 1991 | 15 | 3,937 |
| 1992 | 11 | 5,093 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 82 | 515 |
| 2012 | 65 | 639 |
| 2013 | 36 | 999 |
| 2014 | 43 | 877 |
| 2015 | 38 | 942 |
| 2016 | 34 | 1,031 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,371 |
| 2018 | 28 | 1,200 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,397 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## People named Krystal

- Krystal Meyers, American Christian singer-songwriter
- Krystal Steal, American pornographic actress
- Krystal Ball, American journalist and TV host (born 1981)
- Krystal Thomas, American basketball player (born 1989)

## 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.