Krystal

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Krystal: Recorded since 1982, its highest recorded position is #63, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#63highest recorded position
15groupings 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	#802
1997	#721
1998	#758
1999	#624
2000	#670
2001	#627
2002	#962
2003	#569
2004	#758
2005	#657
2006	#506
2007	#411
2008	#388
2009	#455
2010	#559
2011	#515
2012	#639
2013	#999
2014	#877
2015	#942
2016	#1031
2017	#1371
2018	#1200
2019	#1562
2020	#1397
2021	#2499
2022	#2888
2023	#2927
2024	#3318

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 8 of the 35 years from 1983 to 2017.

In 2018: #434 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1200 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1982–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1982
First recorded at #98 among girls in New Zealand in 1982 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Girls
Highest recorded1982–1994
Highest recorded position: #63 among girls in New Zealand, in 1983 (recorded 1982–1994).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Krystal appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 1,243 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Girls, from 1982.

Krystal 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.

Krystal'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	#365 (1983)	#365 (1983)	#873 (2017)	8 of 35	32 (1983–2017)	7 (1983)
England and Wales · Girls	#802 (1996)	#388 (2008)	#3318 (2024)	29 of 29	1,243 (1996–2024)	113 (2008)
New Zealand · Girls	#98 (1982)	#63 (1983)	#95 (1994)	11 of 13	650 (1982–1994)	79 (1983)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#301 (2007)	#301 (2007)	#434 (2018)	3 of 12	11 (2007–2018)	5 (2007)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#69 (1983)	#69 (1983)	#92 (1988)	6 of 6	595 (1983–1988)	117 (1983)

Krystal 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 Krystal in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	132	4 of 10	33
2000sbusiest	616	10 of 10	62
2010s	440	10 of 10	44
2020s	55	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 62 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2002 and 2003, when recorded births rose by 29, from 23 to 52.

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

Krystal 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 1982 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #63 in New Zealand in 1983.

Krystal'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1397	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1200	28	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1371	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1031	34	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#942	38	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#877	43	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#999	36	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#639	65	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#515	82	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#559	71	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#455	92	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#388	113	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#411	101	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#506	74	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#657	47	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#758	37	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#569	52	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#962	23	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#627	41	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#670	36	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#624	41	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#758	30	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#721	33	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#802	28	High	Verified
1988	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	female	#83	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	female	#81	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	female	#76	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	female	#76	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	female	#69	117	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New Zealand	female	#95	50	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	female	#93	52	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	female	#92	56	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	female	#94	53	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	female	#98	50	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	female	#78	66	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	female	#85	58	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	female	#71	75	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	female	#83	61	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	female	#63	79	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	female	#98	50	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	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 1982 and 2024, ranked in 40 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #63, first reached in 1983.

It held a top-100 place in 11 years, 8 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 117 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1983.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1983, and 25 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.

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Krystle · #347, 13y

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.

Rex · #64, 36y
Cherie · #67, 38y
Regan · #58, 41y
Crystal · #55, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

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

Cole · #62, 31y
Tiarnan · #62, 37y
Alyce · #65, 23y
Elliot · #61, 38y

Krystal was ranked #63 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.

Krystal 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 Krystal without appearing here.

Krystal moved ahead of

Katrina Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #4192.
Kim Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #4192.
Tracey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #802 and #783 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #721 and #1450.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #3695.

Moved ahead of Krystal

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1397 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1286.
Elaine Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1397 and #1687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1454.
Dylan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2888 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #1959.

Moved the opposite way to Krystal

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Krystal went from #802 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Krystal went from #802 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Krystal went from #802 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Krystal went from #802 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Krystal

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Krystal went from #802 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Krystal went from #802 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Krystal went from #802 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Krystal went from #802 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1982 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #63 in New Zealand in 1983. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Krystal

Krystal at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Krystal across 5 official records

Krystal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Krystal appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Krystal and the names beside it

Krystal moved ahead of

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Krystal at a glance

Krystal across 5 official records

Krystal by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Krystal appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Krystal

Krystal and the names beside it

Krystal moved ahead of

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