Kristal
Kristal was the 7698th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 399th with 582 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,649 places. More babies were named Kristal in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Crystal) crystal (word name) · English, Greek
- Rank in 2025
- #7,698 girls, down 2,119 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 14girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1982582 babies
- Total since 1880
- 12,079babies recorded
What does the name Kristal mean?
Kristal is a spelling of Crystal, pronounced the same way, so it shares Crystal's meaning and origin.
Crystal is the English word for clear quartz or fine glass, used as a given name since the late 19th century. The word comes through Old French and Latin from Greek krystallos 'ice, rock crystal', from kryos 'icy cold', because rock crystal was thought to be permanently frozen ice. It was very popular in the US in the 1970s and 1980s. Wiktionary lists it as a girls' name from English.
κρύσταλλος (krystallos) (Ancient Greek, “ice, rock crystal”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Krystal, Chrystal, Crista.
See also: English names, names that mean jewel.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Crystal', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'crystal' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (our computation), SSA (public domain)
Kristal popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,698 | 14 |
| 2020 | #5,579 | 22 |
| 2010 | #2,268 | 85 |
| 2000 | #1,354 | 139 |
| 1990 | #690 | 307 |
| 1980 | #505 | 401 |
| 1970 | #751 | 197 |
| 1960 | #1,297 | 72 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kristal, counting every spelling?
Kristal is a spelling of Crystal, a name family that ranked #761 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #7,698 for Kristal on its own. Together these spellings went to 362 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal | 202 | #1,145 | 1,130 |
| Krystal | 88 | #2,135 | 538 |
| Cristal | 37 | #3,922 | 246 |
| Kristal | 14 | #7,698 | 75 |
| Christal | 13 | #7,974 | 59 |
| Chrystal | 8 | #11,151 | 44 |
| Christel | — | — | 39 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kristal?
14 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kristal (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kristal born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 596 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kristal.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kristal?
About 11,600 people born in the US named Kristal are alive today, with a median age of 42; half are between 33 and 48. That makes Kristal mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kristal by state
How common Kristal was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kristal: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kristal, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kristal
What does Kristal mean?
Kristal is a spelling of Crystal, which means “crystal (word name)” (English, Greek origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Kristal?
Kristal was the 7698th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 399th with 582 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,649 places. More babies were named Kristal in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Kristal a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kristal in the US.
Where is Kristal most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kristal was most common in Texas (0.01 per 1,000 girls).