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Christalyn

Gender
Girl
Say it
KRIS-tuh-lin
Origin
Modern

Christalyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Christalyn mean?

Modern: spelling of Kristalyn; blend of Kristal (Crystal) and -lyn

A blend of Crystal, from Greek krystallos meaning ice, with the -lyn ending of names such as Marilyn.

Meaning borrowed from Kristalyn.

Is Christalyn a girl's or a boy's name?

Christalyn is a girls' name.

How popular is Christalyn in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.

Half of all the girls named Christalyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1971Busiest: 13 in 20072018
Christalyn in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20188#11,422
20170–
20167#12,871
20159#10,861
201410#10,124
201310#10,230
201213#8,628
20110–
20100–
20099#11,454
20080–
200713#9,003
20068#12,415
20058#11,828
20045#16,092
20037#12,401
20026#13,589
20018#11,013
20007#11,794
19996#12,681
19986#12,420
19976#12,065
19967#10,562
19959#8,761
19945#13,423
19935#13,435
199211#7,504
19916#11,501
19906#11,403
198910#7,443
19886#10,381
19877#8,773
198611#6,153
19855#10,672
19840–
19837#8,045
19827#8,222
19810–
19805#10,390
19796#9,008
19787#7,647
19775#9,650
19765#9,282
19750–
19749#5,775
19736#7,433
19720–
19715#8,322

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Christalyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/christalyn, updated 20 October 2026.