first name
KRYSTAL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 62,788 people named Krystal, 52.3% reported their origin as White, 22% as Hispanic or Latino and 17.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Krystal peaked in 1985, when 5,960 babies got the name.
At least 75,376 babies have been given the name since 1946. 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.
Krystal by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #159. The largest share of babies named Krystal, 69.5%, 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 Krystal is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Krystal has been most common in Nevada (1.9×), Alaska (1.8×), and Texas (1.8×), and least common in South Dakota (0.32×).
72,442 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 Krystal
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Krystal, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Krystal ranks #140,525 of 156,621, with 122 people. See Krystal as a last name
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