Crystal
Girl · KRIS-tal · English
Crystal is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “crystal”. In 2025 it ranked 1,416th for girls in the UK (23 babies) and 1,144th for girls in the US (202 babies).
What does Crystal mean?
English: English word name, via Latin from Greek krystallos
“crystal”
The word comes from Greek krystallos, ice, because clear quartz was once thought to be ice that never melted.
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Is Crystal a girl's or a boy's name?
Crystal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the UK and 202 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Crystal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,416among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were named Crystal, making it the 1,416th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 804th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 251 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Crystal since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Crystal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were given Crystal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,002, up from #1,416 for this spelling alone.
- Crystal 23
- Krystal 9
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales.
Crystal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,416 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 30 | #1,178 |
| 2022 | 26 | #1,325 |
| 2021 | 50 | #805 |
| 2020 | 50 | #804 |
| 2019 | 49 | #822 |
| 2018 | 56 | #762 |
| 2017 | 62 | #715 |
| 2016 | 97 | #490 |
| 2015 | 79 | #598 |
| 2014 | 109 | #444 |
| 2013 | 132 | #382 |
| 2012 | 149 | #361 |
| 2011 | 149 | #355 |
| 2010 | 182 | #290 |
| 2009 | 235 | #236 |
| 2008 | 251 | #230 |
| 2007 | 246 | #233 |
| 2006 | 186 | #279 |
| 2005 | 167 | #291 |
| 2004 | 154 | #303 |
| 2003 | 115 | #355 |
| 2002 | 123 | #329 |
| 2001 | 126 | #316 |
| 2000 | 97 | #380 |
| 1999 | 106 | #343 |
| 1998 | 133 | #307 |
| 1997 | 102 | #372 |
| 1996 | 108 | #358 |
How popular is Crystal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,144among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 202about 1 in 8,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 202 girls in the US were named Crystal, making it the 1,144th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 856th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 19,099 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the girls named Crystal in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 443 girls in the US were given Crystal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #650, up from #1,144 for this spelling alone.
Crystal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 202 | #1,144 |
| 2024 | 205 | #1,169 |
| 2023 | 202 | #1,186 |
| 2022 | 250 | #1,026 |
| 2021 | 271 | #958 |
| 2020 | 316 | #856 |
| 2019 | 358 | #775 |
| 2018 | 399 | #716 |
| 2017 | 458 | #642 |
| 2016 | 544 | #571 |
| 2015 | 560 | #556 |
| 2014 | 663 | #477 |
| 2013 | 663 | #464 |
| 2012 | 818 | #385 |
| 2011 | 934 | #340 |
| 2010 | 1,006 | #317 |
| 2009 | 1,160 | #283 |
| 2008 | 1,367 | #252 |
| 2007 | 1,598 | #215 |
| 2006 | 1,744 | #201 |
| 2005 | 1,856 | #187 |
| 2004 | 2,034 | #163 |
| 2003 | 2,019 | #166 |
| 2002 | 2,144 | #154 |
| 2001 | 2,432 | #137 |
| 2000 | 2,551 | #132 |
| 1999 | 2,741 | #119 |
| 1998 | 3,174 | #110 |
| 1997 | 3,435 | #99 |
| 1996 | 3,786 | #92 |
| 1995 | 4,391 | #80 |
| 1994 | 5,199 | #64 |
| 1993 | 5,829 | #57 |
| 1992 | 6,598 | #50 |
| 1991 | 7,727 | #41 |
| 1990 | 8,218 | #39 |
| 1989 | 9,103 | #32 |
| 1988 | 10,101 | #28 |
| 1987 | 11,011 | #26 |
| 1986 | 12,689 | #25 |
| 1985 | 14,399 | #21 |
| 1984 | 16,560 | #12 |
| 1983 | 17,904 | #11 |
| 1982 | 19,099 | #9 |
| 1981 | 15,888 | #16 |
| 1980 | 14,253 | #18 |
| 1979 | 13,467 | #18 |
| 1978 | 12,594 | #18 |
| 1977 | 9,724 | #25 |
| 1976 | 6,946 | #36 |
| 1975 | 6,243 | #43 |
| 1974 | 5,622 | #49 |
| 1973 | 5,768 | #48 |
| 1972 | 5,044 | #59 |
| 1971 | 4,530 | #79 |
| 1970 | 3,819 | #101 |
| 1969 | 2,987 | #118 |
| 1968 | 2,753 | #118 |
| 1967 | 2,522 | #139 |
| 1966 | 2,423 | #145 |
| 1965 | 2,543 | #146 |
| 1964 | 2,945 | #136 |
| 1963 | 2,581 | #156 |
| 1962 | 2,100 | #180 |
| 1961 | 2,117 | #182 |
| 1960 | 2,002 | #189 |
| 1959 | 1,552 | #212 |
| 1958 | 1,307 | #234 |
| 1957 | 1,410 | #224 |
| 1956 | 931 | #289 |
| 1955 | 888 | #290 |
| 1954 | 758 | #307 |
| 1953 | 676 | #315 |
| 1952 | 623 | #328 |
| 1951 | 550 | #337 |
| 1950 | 319 | #451 |
| 1949 | 270 | #489 |
| 1948 | 275 | #484 |
| 1947 | 325 | #453 |
| 1946 | 235 | #514 |
| 1945 | 117 | #690 |
| 1944 | 136 | #625 |
| 1943 | 158 | #599 |
| 1942 | 175 | #560 |
| 1941 | 128 | #626 |
| 1940 | 102 | #686 |
| 1939 | 80 | #765 |
| 1938 | 83 | #764 |
| 1937 | 80 | #761 |
| 1936 | 81 | #739 |
| 1935 | 88 | #715 |
| 1934 | 98 | #675 |
| 1933 | 68 | #808 |
| 1932 | 75 | #781 |
| 1931 | 82 | #743 |
| 1930 | 81 | #780 |
| 1929 | 99 | #704 |
| 1928 | 91 | #742 |
| 1927 | 91 | #757 |
| 1926 | 97 | #735 |
| 1925 | 122 | #668 |
| 1924 | 100 | #736 |
| 1923 | 109 | #701 |
| 1922 | 117 | #674 |
| 1921 | 137 | #629 |
| 1920 | 123 | #650 |
| 1919 | 113 | #655 |
| 1918 | 142 | #596 |
| 1917 | 171 | #506 |
| 1916 | 143 | #562 |
| 1915 | 138 | #541 |
| 1914 | 85 | #624 |
| 1913 | 79 | #573 |
| 1912 | 88 | #515 |
| 1911 | 48 | #617 |
| 1910 | 60 | #528 |
| 1909 | 40 | #614 |
| 1908 | 50 | #511 |
| 1907 | 35 | #631 |
| 1906 | 37 | #578 |
| 1905 | 63 | #426 |
| 1904 | 53 | #445 |
| 1903 | 32 | #574 |
| 1902 | 28 | #623 |
| 1901 | 29 | #577 |
| 1900 | 27 | #688 |
| 1899 | 34 | #507 |
| 1898 | 26 | #631 |
| 1897 | 18 | #735 |
| 1896 | 20 | #707 |
| 1895 | 17 | #770 |
| 1894 | 16 | #744 |
| 1893 | 17 | #713 |
| 1892 | 11 | #908 |
| 1891 | 17 | #644 |
| 1890 | 9 | #940 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,024 |
| 1888 | 10 | #837 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 8 | #828 |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
| 1884 | 11 | #640 |
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