Cristal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KRIS-tal
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #3,902 for girls
Cristal is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “crystal”. In 2025 it ranked 3,902nd for girls in the US (37 babies).
What does Cristal mean?
Spanish: Spanish and Portuguese word
“crystal”
The Spanish and Portuguese word for 'crystal', also a spelling of the English name Crystal.
Is Cristal a girl's or a boy's name?
Cristal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cristal in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 7 girls.
Cristal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Cristal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,902nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37 about 1 in 43,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the US were named Cristal, making it the 3,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,061st. Its busiest year was 1991, with 679 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
2025 had fewer girls named Cristal than any year since 1966.
Half of all the girls named Cristal in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 443 girls in the US were given Cristal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #650, up from #3,902 for this spelling alone.
Cristal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,902 |
| 2024 | 68 | #2,585 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,181 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 45 | #3,434 |
| 2020 | 52 | #3,061 |
| 2019 | 60 | #2,784 |
| 2018 | 88 | #2,145 |
| 2017 | 91 | #2,108 |
| 2016 | 90 | #2,149 |
| 2015 | 100 | #1,984 |
| 2014 | 117 | #1,768 |
| 2013 | 157 | #1,435 |
| 2012 | 188 | #1,273 |
| 2011 | 231 | #1,066 |
| 2010 | 210 | #1,156 |
| 2009 | 312 | #879 |
| 2008 | 388 | #758 |
| 2007 | 426 | #688 |
| 2006 | 436 | #662 |
| 2005 | 459 | #614 |
| 2004 | 510 | #562 |
| 2003 | 405 | #655 |
| 2002 | 408 | #625 |
| 2001 | 477 | #552 |
| 2000 | 484 | #536 |
| 1999 | 441 | #570 |
| 1998 | 480 | #526 |
| 1997 | 484 | #505 |
| 1996 | 541 | #463 |
| 1995 | 520 | #474 |
| 1994 | 550 | #461 |
| 1993 | 491 | #502 |
| 1992 | 571 | #440 |
| 1991 | 679 | #377 |
| 1990 | 458 | #519 |
| 1989 | 392 | #567 |
| 1988 | 346 | #586 |
| 1987 | 390 | #522 |
| 1986 | 593 | #388 |
| 1985 | 248 | #705 |
| 1984 | 211 | #763 |
| 1983 | 206 | #774 |
| 1982 | 203 | #794 |
| 1981 | 159 | #937 |
| 1980 | 151 | #982 |
| 1979 | 147 | #974 |
| 1978 | 136 | #1,001 |
| 1977 | 143 | #965 |
| 1976 | 113 | #1,078 |
| 1975 | 126 | #978 |
| 1974 | 110 | #1,070 |
| 1973 | 108 | #1,066 |
| 1972 | 110 | #1,051 |
| 1971 | 137 | #938 |
| 1970 | 100 | #1,154 |
| 1969 | 71 | #1,355 |
| 1968 | 97 | #1,074 |
| 1967 | 44 | #1,732 |
| 1966 | 33 | #2,021 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,914 |
| 1964 | 52 | #1,578 |
| 1963 | 34 | #2,014 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,825 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,806 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,763 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,053 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,084 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,094 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
Names like Cristal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine, Mia, Amber, Chloe, Erin, Jessica, Abigail, Lara, Autumn, Molly, Angel, Zoe
Other spellings of Cristal
Crystal, Krystal, Cristel, Kristel, Kristal, Christal, Kristell, Chrystal
Names related to Cristal
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Cristal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cristal, updated 20 October 2026.