How rare is the name Chrystal?

13,010 people in the United States have the first name Chrystal, about 1 in 23,215. It ranks #2,085 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CHRYSTAL

#2,085

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,010
About
1 in 23,215
This common or more
78.4%
Who bears it

Of the 13,010 people named Chrystal, 63% reported their origin as White, 18.2% as Black and 10.8% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Chrystal peaked in 1982, when 792 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18942025
Peak year
1982
Births that year
792
In 2025*
8 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,765 babies have been given the name since 1894. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Chrystal by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #749. The largest share of babies named Chrystal, 40%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1890s#2,64229
1900s#1,827110
1910s#2,395238
1920s#3,223226
1930s#3,680152
1940s#3,055241
1950s#2,007710
1960s#1,4511,476
1970s#8184,510
1980s#7495,603
1990s#1,9231,665
2000s#5,171532
2010s#10,051217
2020s#16,87256
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.4%
Silent Generation 1928–451.8%
Baby boom 1946–649.6%
Generation X 1965–8038%
Millennials 1981–9640%
Generation Z 1997–125.8%
2013 and later1.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Chrystal is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Chrystal has been most common in North Carolina (1.9×), Oklahoma (1.8×), and Kentucky (1.7×), and least common in Connecticut (0.36×).

11,883 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Chrystal

#2,083 Julieta · 13,021#2,084 Opal · 13,016#2,086 Chantel · 13,006#2,087 Jeanie · 12,972

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chrystal, most common first.

#1,195 Christa · 32,795#2,764 Christal · 8,431#4,013 Christel · 4,840#4,889 Christan · 3,663#14,636 Chrystian · 802#18,554 Chrysta · 580#24,456 Chrystie · 394#30,018 Chrystle · 292

Also a last name

As a last name, Chrystal ranks #41,581 of 156,621, with 564 people. See Chrystal as a last name

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