Crystal vs Kelly

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

• New South Wales, Australia · Girls

  In 1991, Crystal was ranked #75 and Kelly #59 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• New Zealand · Girls

  In 1997, Crystal was ranked #99 and Kelly #70 among girls in New Zealand.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2012, Crystal was ranked #451 and Kelly #268 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2023, Crystal was ranked #856 and Kelly #404 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Crystal was ranked #1353 and Kelly #1672 among girls in England and Wales.

Crystal and Kelly over time

Crystal and Kelly appear together in 3 published lists, across 70 years of shared records. Kelly held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Crystal in 1.

The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 1 of the lists they share.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

• England and Wales · Girls29 shared years, 1996–2024

  Crystal held the stronger position in 19 of those years, Kelly in 10.

  Highest recorded here: Crystal #218 in 2007, Kelly #74 in 1996.

  The order changed in 2023: Crystal moved ahead. In 2022 they stood at #1326 and #1215; by 2023 that had become #1135 and #1774.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Crystal #1353, Kelly #1672.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls29 shared years, 1981–2023

  Crystal held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Kelly in 29.

  Highest recorded here: Crystal #280 in 1982, Kelly #46 in 1991.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Crystal #856, Kelly #404.

• New Zealand · Girls12 shared years, 1982–1997

  Crystal held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Kelly in 11.

  Highest recorded here: Crystal #55 in 1983, Kelly #3 in 1983.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 1997: Crystal #99, Kelly #70.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

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Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Side by side

How each name got here