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Crystal

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~316,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,144 among girls
Births in 2025
202 333,298 since 1880
Typical age
42 years, median

Crystal popularity over time

Crystal rank by birth year, 1884–2025Crystal ranked #640 in 1884 and #1,144 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #9, in 1982.#10#100#1,000#1,144best #9 in 198218901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1884–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1982: 19,171 births recorded as Crystal. The name does not appear in the data until 1884. Crystal has spent 27 years inside the national top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #1,144 with 202 births. The ten-year change is -64%. Year on year the rank improved by 25.

Babies named Crystal per yearPeaks at 19,171 births in 1982.19,171 in 1982018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Crystal?

Roughly 316,900 Crystals are alive in the US right now. That is out of 333,298 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Crystal?

The typical living Crystal is 42 years old. The 1980s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Crystal a late 20th-century name.

Your Crystal

Ages of living people named CrystalHalf of living Crystals are older than 42 and half younger.median 42020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Crystal is most common

The name is concentrated in Texas, at 1.8× the national rate. California, Illinois and New York follow.

Where Crystal is used more than average5 states use the name Crystal more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: 1.6× the national rateILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.5× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.7× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: 1.3× the national rateVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 1.8× the national rateTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Crystal is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Texas 561 1.8×
California 600 1.7×
Illinois 161 1.6×
New York 236 1.5×
Virginia 90 1.3×

Crystal in England and Wales

ONS recorded 23 births named Crystal in 2025, ranking it #1,362. That is 52% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Crystal comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from English.

Notable people named Crystal

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Crystal Reed American actress 1985 38
Crystal Eastman American lawyer and feminist 1881–1928 31
Crystal Lowe Canadian actress 1981 28
Crystal Dunn American soccer player 1992 27
Crystal Gayle American country music singer 1951 26
Crystal Waters American singer-songwriter 1961 22
Crystal Bowersox American singer, songwriter and actress 1985 21
Crystal Kay Japanese singer, songwriter, actress and radio host 1986 21
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 319 in 1950 to 550 in 1951 — 1.7 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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