first name
KRISTAL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 10,596 people named Kristal, 51.6% reported their origin as White, 25.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 15.8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kristal peaked in 1982, when 582 babies got the name.
At least 12,079 babies have been given the name since 1951. 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.
Kristal by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #891. The largest share of babies named Kristal, 46%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Kristal is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kristal has been most common in Texas (2.1×), Arizona (1.8×), and California (1.8×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.36×).
9,066 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 Kristal
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kristal, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kristal ranks #114,090 of 156,621, with 163 people. See Kristal as a last name
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