Crystal

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Crystal is a common English language female given name. Variant forms of the name include Kristal, Krystal, Cristal, Kristel, Krystle, and Kristol.

From Wikipedia

Crystal first appears in the data in 1884 and has been recorded in 140 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1982 with 19,098 babies (rank #9 that year). In 2024 it was given to 203 girls (rank #1,176). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Crystal

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Crystal yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

333,092

Total babies (all years)

140

Years in the data

19,098

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Crystal

Crystal Reedfilm actor · b. 1985
Crystal Eastmanfeminist · b. 1881
Crystal Lowefilm actor · b. 1981
Crystal Gaylecountry musician · b. 1951
Crystal Dunnassociation football player · b. 1992

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1884	11	#645
1885	6	#945
1886	8	#848
1888	10	#849
1889	7	#1,043
1890	9	#952
1891	17	#645
1892	11	#913
1893	17	#722
1894	16	#755
1895	17	#777
1896	20	#709
1897	18	#742
1898	26	#636
1899	34	#509
1900	27	#692
1901	29	#578
1902	28	#625
1903	32	#579
1904	53	#445
1905	63	#426
1906	37	#578
1907	35	#631
1908	50	#513
1909	40	#615
1910	60	#529
1911	48	#617
1912	88	#516
1913	79	#573
1914	85	#626
1915	138	#541
1916	143	#562
1917	171	#506
1918	142	#597
1919	113	#656
1920	123	#652
1921	137	#630
1922	117	#674
1923	109	#701
1924	100	#736
1925	122	#668
1926	97	#735
1927	91	#758
1928	91	#743
1929	99	#704
1930	81	#781
1931	82	#743
1932	75	#783
1933	68	#809
1934	98	#676
1935	88	#717
1936	81	#740
1937	80	#762
1938	83	#765
1939	80	#765
1940	102	#686
1941	128	#626
1942	175	#561
1943	158	#599
1944	136	#627
1945	117	#690
1946	235	#514
1947	325	#453
1948	275	#485
1949	270	#490
1950	319	#452
1951	550	#338
1952	623	#328
1953	676	#315
1954	758	#307
1955	888	#290
1956	931	#289
1957	1,410	#224
1958	1,307	#234
1959	1,552	#212
1960	2,002	#189
1961	2,116	#182
1962	2,102	#180
1963	2,580	#156
1964	2,945	#136
1965	2,543	#146
1966	2,423	#145
1967	2,522	#139
1968	2,753	#118
1969	2,987	#118
1970	3,819	#101
1971	4,530	#79
1972	5,043	#59
1973	5,769	#48
1974	5,624	#49
1975	6,242	#43
1976	6,947	#36
1977	9,725	#25
1978	12,592	#18
1979	13,468	#18
1980	14,253	#18
1981	15,888	#16
1982	19,098	#9
1983	17,907	#11
1984	16,561	#12
1985	14,398	#21
1986	12,689	#25
1987	11,011	#26
1988	10,101	#28
1989	9,103	#32
1990	8,218	#39
1991	7,727	#41
1992	6,598	#50
1993	5,828	#57
1994	5,199	#64
1995	4,391	#80
1996	3,786	#92
1997	3,435	#99
1998	3,174	#110
1999	2,741	#119
2000	2,550	#132
2001	2,432	#137
2002	2,144	#154
2003	2,018	#166
2004	2,034	#163
2005	1,856	#187
2006	1,744	#201
2007	1,597	#215
2008	1,367	#252
2009	1,160	#283
2010	1,006	#317
2011	934	#340
2012	817	#385
2013	662	#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	#1,025
2023	201	#1,196
2024	203	#1,176