Crystal was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #9 in 1982 but is far less common today.
Crystal is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,145 for girl births in the United States (and #2,192 across all names), given to 202 babies. Crystal first appears in 1884 and peaked in 1982 (19,099 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 202 | 202 | #1,145 | — |
| 2024 | 205 | 205 | #1,172 | — |
| 2023 | 202 | 202 | #1,189 | — |
| 2022 | 250 | 250 | #1,026 | — |
| 2021 | 271 | 271 | #959 | — |
| 2020 | 316 | 316 | #857 | — |
| 2019 | 358 | 358 | #775 | — |
| 2018 | 399 | 399 | #716 | — |
| 2017 | 458 | 458 | #644 | — |
| 2016 | 544 | 553 | #572 | — |
| 2015 | 560 | 560 | #556 | — |
| 2014 | 663 | 663 | #477 | — |
| 2013 | 663 | 668 | #465 | — |
| 2012 | 818 | 818 | #385 | — |
| 2011 | 934 | 944 | #340 | — |
| 2010 | 1,012 | 1,023 | #317 | #11,025 |
| 2009 | 1,167 | 1,180 | #283 | #10,076 |
| 2008 | 1,367 | 1,386 | #252 | — |
| 2007 | 1,603 | 1,614 | #215 | #12,730 |
| 2006 | 1,751 | 1,772 | #201 | #9,769 |
| 2005 | 1,861 | 1,872 | #187 | #11,787 |
| 2004 | 2,050 | 2,081 | #163 | #5,052 |
| 2003 | 2,024 | 2,062 | #166 | #11,220 |
| 2002 | 2,150 | 2,191 | #154 | #9,605 |
| 2001 | 2,432 | 2,493 | #137 | — |
| 2000 | 2,551 | 2,588 | #132 | — |
| 1999 | 2,746 | 2,798 | #119 | #10,208 |
| 1998 | 3,185 | 3,284 | #110 | #5,546 |
| 1997 | 3,441 | — | #99 | #8,333 |
| 1996 | 3,798 | — | #92 | #4,928 |
| 1995 | 4,405 | — | #80 | #4,320 |
| 1994 | 5,215 | — | #64 | #3,945 |
| 1993 | 5,846 | — | #57 | #3,688 |
| 1992 | 6,617 | — | #50 | #3,359 |
| 1991 | 7,747 | — | #41 | #3,129 |
| 1990 | 8,251 | — | #39 | #2,182 |
| 1989 | 9,177 | — | #32 | #1,259 |
| 1988 | 10,134 | — | #28 | #1,958 |
| 1987 | 11,058 | — | #26 | #1,509 |
| 1986 | 12,764 | — | #25 | #1,077 |
| 1985 | 14,462 | — | #21 | #1,184 |
| 1984 | 16,624 | — | #12 | #1,136 |
| 1983 | 17,987 | — | #11 | #967 |
| 1982 | 19,171 | — | #9 | #1,074 |
| 1981 | 15,944 | — | #16 | #1,227 |
| 1980 | 14,308 | — | #18 | #1,241 |
| 1979 | 13,515 | — | #18 | #1,340 |
| 1978 | 12,646 | — | #18 | #1,242 |
| 1977 | 9,749 | — | #25 | #1,958 |
| 1976 | 6,969 | — | #36 | #2,062 |
| 1975 | 6,269 | — | #43 | #1,843 |
| 1974 | 5,641 | — | #49 | #2,209 |
| 1973 | 5,784 | — | #48 | #2,422 |
| 1972 | 5,056 | — | #59 | #2,848 |
| 1971 | 4,546 | — | #79 | #2,385 |
| 1970 | 3,829 | — | #101 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 2,994 | — | #118 | #3,663 |
| 1968 | 2,764 | — | #118 | #2,600 |
| 1967 | 2,522 | — | #139 | — |
| 1966 | 2,428 | — | #145 | #4,059 |
| 1965 | 2,552 | — | #146 | #2,828 |
| 1964 | 2,953 | — | #136 | #3,092 |
| 1963 | 2,593 | — | #156 | #2,442 |
| 1962 | 2,111 | — | #180 | #2,542 |
| 1961 | 2,127 | — | #182 | #2,744 |
| 1960 | 2,013 | — | #189 | #2,569 |
| 1959 | 1,552 | — | #212 | — |
| 1958 | 1,307 | — | #234 | — |
| 1957 | 1,410 | — | #224 | — |
| 1956 | 931 | — | #289 | — |
| 1955 | 888 | — | #290 | — |
| 1954 | 763 | — | #307 | #3,935 |
| 1953 | 676 | — | #315 | — |
| 1952 | 623 | — | #328 | — |
| 1951 | 550 | — | #338 | — |
| 1950 | 319 | — | #452 | — |
| 1949 | 270 | — | #490 | — |
| 1948 | 275 | — | #485 | — |
| 1947 | 325 | — | #453 | — |
| 1946 | 235 | — | #514 | — |
| 1945 | 117 | — | #690 | — |
| 1944 | 136 | — | #627 | — |
| 1943 | 158 | — | #599 | — |
| 1942 | 175 | — | #561 | — |
| 1941 | 133 | — | #626 | #3,608 |
| 1940 | 102 | — | #686 | — |
| 1939 | 80 | — | #765 | — |
| 1938 | 83 | — | #765 | — |
| 1937 | 80 | — | #762 | — |
| 1936 | 81 | — | #740 | — |
| 1935 | 88 | — | #717 | — |
| 1934 | 98 | — | #676 | — |
| 1933 | 68 | — | #809 | — |
| 1932 | 75 | — | #782 | — |
| 1931 | 82 | — | #743 | — |
| 1930 | 81 | — | #781 | — |
| 1929 | 99 | — | #704 | — |
| 1928 | 91 | — | #743 | — |
| 1927 | 91 | — | #758 | — |
| 1926 | 97 | — | #735 | — |
| 1925 | 122 | — | #668 | — |
| 1924 | 100 | — | #736 | — |
| 1923 | 109 | — | #701 | — |
| 1922 | 117 | — | #674 | — |
| 1921 | 137 | — | #630 | — |
| 1920 | 123 | — | #652 | — |
| 1919 | 113 | — | #656 | — |
| 1918 | 153 | — | #597 | #2,580 |
| 1917 | 171 | — | #506 | — |
| 1916 | 143 | — | #562 | — |
| 1915 | 138 | — | #541 | — |
| 1914 | 85 | — | #626 | — |
| 1913 | 79 | — | #573 | — |
| 1912 | 88 | — | #516 | — |
| 1911 | 48 | — | #617 | — |
| 1910 | 60 | — | #529 | — |
| 1909 | 40 | — | #615 | — |
| 1908 | 50 | — | #513 | — |
| 1907 | 35 | — | #631 | — |
| 1906 | 37 | — | #578 | — |
| 1905 | 63 | — | #426 | — |
| 1904 | 53 | — | #445 | — |
| 1903 | 32 | — | #579 | — |
| 1902 | 28 | — | #625 | — |
| 1901 | 29 | — | #578 | — |
| 1900 | 27 | — | #692 | — |
| 1899 | 34 | — | #509 | — |
| 1898 | 26 | — | #636 | — |
| 1897 | 18 | — | #742 | — |
| 1896 | 20 | — | #709 | — |
| 1895 | 17 | — | #777 | — |
| 1894 | 16 | — | #755 | — |
| 1893 | 17 | — | #722 | — |
| 1892 | 11 | — | #913 | — |
| 1891 | 17 | — | #645 | — |
| 1890 | 9 | — | #952 | — |
| 1889 | 7 | — | #1,043 | — |
| 1888 | 10 | — | #849 | — |
| 1886 | 8 | — | #848 | — |
| 1885 | 6 | — | #945 | — |
| 1884 | 11 | — | #645 | — |