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Crystal

This name comes from the English word crystal for the clear, colourless glass, sometimes cut into the shape of a gemstone.

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#1,144

Meaning and history

Crystal is a name taken from the English word crystal, meaning clear, colorless glass and sometimes a gemstone cut to resemble it. The English word ultimately comes from Greek κρύσταλλος (krystallos), meaning “ice,” and the name has been used as a given name since the 19th century.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 1,744 births, rank #201
2007: 1,598 births, rank #215
2008: 1,367 births, rank #252
2009: 1,160 births, rank #283
2010: 1,006 births, rank #317
20112011: 934 births, rank #340
2012: 818 births, rank #385
2013: 663 births, rank #464
2014: 663 births, rank #477
2015: 560 births, rank #556
20162016: 544 births, rank #571
2017: 458 births, rank #642
2018: 399 births, rank #716
2019: 358 births, rank #775
2020: 316 births, rank #856
20212021: 271 births, rank #958
2022: 250 births, rank #1,026
2023: 202 births, rank #1,186
2024: 205 births, rank #1,169
20252025: 202 births, rank #1,144

Crystal moved from #857 to #959 for girls between 2020 and 2021. Its highest annual birth count came in 1982, with 19,099 births.