Kristal

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kristal: Recorded since 1983, with a gap of 12 years, its highest recorded position is #529, and it stood at #4,535 in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
38years from first to last
#529highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kristal's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2020

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#1543
1998	#2165
1999	#2444
2000	#2167
2001	#2226
2002	#2301
2003	#3099
2004	#4598
2005	#2438
2006	#2137
2007	#2410
2008	#2721
2009	#3936
2010	#4688
2011	#3185
2012	#4838
2013	#5742
2015	#5730
2020	#4535

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 England and Wales in 20 of the 25 years from 1996 to 2020.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1983–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #4535 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Girls

Kristal 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 Kristal in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	69	10 of 10	7
2010s	21	5 of 10	4
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Kristal 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 2 regions, from 1983 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #529 in Republic of Ireland in 1983.

Kristal'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
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1983 and 2020, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #529, first reached in 1983.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 13 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Krishna · #827, 29y
Krista · #522, 24y
Kristel · #407, 33y
Kristen · #66, 78y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Bob · #529, 25y
Guilherme · #529, 24y
Quin · #529, 21y
Ayeza · #528, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

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

Davinia · #533, 12y
Alvina · #519, 25y
Carey · #519, 21y
Ciera · #517, 21y

Kristal was ranked #529 in Republic of Ireland · 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.

Kristal 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 Kristal without appearing here.

Kristal moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2004 they stood at #4598 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2438 and #3970.
Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #5876.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5730 and #2328 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.
Debra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Kristal

Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4838 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2887.
Shea Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2721 and #3860 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3936 and #2148.
Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2301 and #2540 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3099 and #1472.
Malin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3185 and #4764 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4838 and #3681.

Moved the opposite way to Kristal

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Kristal went from #2350 to #4535 while Ada went from #2683 to #38.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Kristal went from #2350 to #4535 while Alma went from #2096 to #304.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Kristal went from #2350 to #4535 while Alyssa went from #783 to #213.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Kristal went from #2350 to #4535 while Amalie went from #2096 to #992.

Moved the same way as Kristal

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Kristal went from #2350 to #4535 and Abigail from #21 to #87.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Kristal went from #2350 to #4535 and Aimee from #70 to #749.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Kristal went from #2350 to #4535 and Aisling from #440 to #1556.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Kristal went from #2350 to #4535 and Alex from #161 to #1556.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
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 2 regions, from 1983 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #529 in Republic of Ireland in 1983. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kristal

Kristal at a glance

What stands out in Kristal's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kristal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kristal appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Kristal and the names beside it

Kristal moved ahead of

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Kristal at a glance

What stands out in Kristal's record

Kristal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kristal 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 Kristal

Kristal and the names beside it

Kristal moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kristal

Moved the opposite way to Kristal

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