Crystal

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Crystal: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Crystal: Recorded since 1981, its highest recorded position is #55, and it stood at #1,353 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
85times a registrar ranked it
44years from first to last
#55highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#327
1997	#338
1998	#284
1999	#320
2000	#349
2001	#305
2002	#302
2003	#332
2004	#283
2005	#269
2006	#260
2007	#218
2008	#220
2009	#224
2010	#276
2011	#343
2012	#341
2013	#358
2014	#427
2015	#560
2016	#481
2017	#683
2018	#729
2019	#806
2020	#765
2021	#747
2022	#1326
2023	#1135
2024	#1353

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 29 of the 43 years from 1981 to 2023.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1135 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1981–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1981
First recorded at #471 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1981 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1982–2000
Highest recorded position: #55 among girls in New Zealand, in 1983 (recorded 1982–2000).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1353 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Crystal appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1981, and has registered 171 births with the name.

Crystal across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Crystal's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#471 (1981)	#280 (1982)	#856 (2023)	29 of 43	171 (1981–2023)	14 (1982)
England and Wales · Girls	#327 (1996)	#218 (2007)	#1353 (2024)	29 of 29	3,270 (1996–2024)	237 (2007)
New Zealand · Girls	#84 (1982)	#55 (1983)	#98 (2000)	14 of 19	828 (1982–2000)	89 (1983)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#343 (2001)	#282 (2009)	#440 (2016)	7 of 16	25 (2001–2016)	6 (2009)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#74 (1982)	#59 (1983)	#75 (1991)	6 of 10	646 (1982–1991)	132 (1983)

Crystal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Crystal in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	444	4 of 10	111
2000sbusiest	1,634	10 of 10	163
2010s	1,017	10 of 10	102
2020s	175	5 of 10	35

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 163 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2006 and 2007, when recorded births rose by 57, from 180 to 237.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Crystal appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1981 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #55 in New Zealand in 1983.

Crystal's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1353	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1135	29	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1326	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#747	50	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#765	48	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#806	46	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#729	54	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#683	60	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#481	91	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#560	78	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#427	102	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#358	127	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#341	142	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#343	139	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#276	178	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#224	223	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#220	233	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#218	237	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#260	180	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#269	163	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#283	148	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#332	114	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#302	120	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#305	120	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#349	96	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#320	105	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#284	132	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#338	100	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#327	107	High	Verified
1991	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	female	#99	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	female	#65	122	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	132	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	female	#74	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New Zealand	female	#98	45	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	female	#97	46	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	female	#99	47	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	female	#78	57	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	female	#66	66	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	female	#60	78	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	female	#80	60	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	female	#91	55	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	female	#96	53	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	female	#82	61	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	female	#87	58	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	female	#91	56	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	female	#55	89	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	female	#84	57	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#282	6	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#584	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	11	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#501	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#464	7	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#409	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#298	11	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#280	14	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1981 and 2024, ranked in 43 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #55, first reached in 1983.

It held a top-100 place in 15 years, 7 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 237 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1982, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Tegan · #55, 42y
Antony · #56, 46y
Kian · #54, 41y
Carly · #52, 46y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Cassie · #55, 36y
Tegan · #55, 42y
Aoibhinn · #56, 43y
Frøya · #56, 34y

Crystal was ranked #55 in New Zealand · Girls in 1983. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Crystal and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Crystal without appearing here.

Crystal moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1326 and #1282 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1135 and #2689.
Kelly Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1326 and #1215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1135 and #1774.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #349 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #305 and #871.
Marie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1135 and #1087 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1353 and #1894.

Moved ahead of Crystal

Andrea Compare
In 2021 they stood at #747 and #1039 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1326 and #796.
Angela Compare
In 2021 they stood at #747 and #801 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1326 and #809.
Eileen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #747 and #1069 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1326 and #876.
Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1135 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1353 and #952.

Moved the opposite way to Crystal

Abigail Compare
Between 1981 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Crystal went from #471 to #856 while Abigail went from #386 to #84.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1981 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Crystal went from #471 to #856 while Alexandra went from #313 to #148.
Alice Compare
Between 1981 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Crystal went from #471 to #856 while Alice went from #184 to #38.
Anna Compare
Between 1981 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Crystal went from #471 to #856 while Anna went from #64 to #23.

Moved the same way as Crystal

Alma Compare
Between 1981 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Crystal went from #471 to #856 and Alma from #299 to #625.
Aoife Compare
Between 1981 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Crystal went from #471 to #856 and Aoife from #15 to #31.
Audrey Compare
Between 1981 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Crystal went from #471 to #856 and Audrey from #78 to #856.
Diane Compare
Between 1981 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Crystal went from #471 to #856 and Diane from #128 to #727.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1981 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #55 in New Zealand in 1983. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Crystal

Crystal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Crystal across 5 official records

Crystal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Crystal appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Crystal and the names beside it

Crystal moved ahead of

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Crystal at a glance

Crystal across 5 official records

Crystal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Crystal appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Crystal

Crystal and the names beside it

Crystal moved ahead of

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