Crystal
About Crystal
Peaking at #9 in 1982, Crystal's popularity in the 70s and 80s stems from its sparkling natural namesake and several notable bearers, like country music singer Crystal Gayle and Dynasty character Krystle Carrington. But it has since lost some of its luster for American parents, now ranking in the mid-600s. Ruby, Gemma and Pearl are fashionable alternatives, but nowadays Crystal could actually be a more unexpected choice for your little gem.
Pronounced KRIS-tul.
As of October 2026, Crystal ranked #1145 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #9 in 1982, Nameberry popularity #784.
Editor's take: The name Crystal is a girl's name of English origin meaning "crystal, clear, ice".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #477 | 663 | 371.1 |
| 2015 | #556 | 560 | 313.7 |
| 2016 | #572 | 544 | 307 |
| 2017 | #644 | 458 | 265.3 |
| 2018 | #716 | 399 | 234.6 |
| 2019 | #775 | 358 | 213.3 |
| 2020 | #857 | 316 | 195.5 |
| 2021 | #959 | 271 | 165.2 |
| 2022 | #1,025 | 250 | 152.4 |
| 2023 | #1,196 | 201 | 125.3 |
| 2024 | #1,176 | 203 | 125.3 |
| 2025 | #1,145 | 202 | 125.7 |
World rankings
Similar names
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Crystal on lists
Famous Crystals
- Crystal Gayle (born Brenda Gail Webb)
American country singer
- Crystal Marie Reed
American actress
- Crystal Catherine Eastman
American lawyer and feminist
- Crystal Dawn Scripps McKellar
American former child actress
- Crystal Renn
American supermodel
- Crystal Kay
Japanese,born singer
- Crystal Allison Langhorne
American basketball player
- Crystal Lowe
Canadian actress
- Crystal Lynn Lewis
American Christian singer
- Crystal Yu
Hong Kong actress
- Crystal Allen
American actress
- Crystal Clarese Hunt
American actress
- Crystal Harris Hefner
American,British model
- Crystal Huang (Yao Xi)
American Olympic table tennis player
- Crystal Kiang (Wenwen)
Taiwanese,American figure skater
- Crystal Kelly
American basketball player
- Crystal Taliefero
American percussionist for singer Billy Joel
- Crystal Waters
American dance music singer
- Crystal Hayes
Miss Michigan USA 2005
- Crystal Lynn Bowersox
American pop singer ("American Idol")
- Crystal Cox
American Olympic runner and reality TV personality ("Survivor: Gabon")
- Crystal Liu (Yifei) (born An Feng)
Chinese actress and singer
- Crystal Alyssia Dunn
American soccer player
- T'Keyah Crystal Keymah
American actress
- Crystal Buble
sister of singer Michael Buble
- Crystal Audigier
daughter of French fashion mogul Christian Audigier
Crystal in pop culture
- Crystal Anderson
Conner, character on TV's "Roseanne"
- Crystal
minor character on animated series "Kim Possible"
- Crystal Dupree
character on TV series "Arli$$"
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Minnesota, suburb of Minneapolis (pop. 22,588)
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a main character in the manga series Pokémon Adventures
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character in the 2019 film "Hustlers"
Variations & nicknames
- KrystalleGerman
- CriostalIrish Gaelic
- ChristelleFrench
- ChrystalIrish
- ChristelFrench