How Many People Are Named Cristal?
An estimated 15,250 people in the United States have the first name Cristal. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 31 years old, and Cristal peaked in popularity in 1991 with 679 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cristal as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cristal paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- While Cristal is overwhelmingly female, 55 male births have been registered with this name since 1880.
Estimated Living Americans
15,250
About 1 in 22,476 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.7% confidence
Average Age
31
years old
Peak Year
1991
679 births
Total Registered
15,897
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cristal
Cristal is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 15,897 total births registered, 99.7% were female.
Cristal as a male name
Ranked #9,276 in 1996
5 male births in 1996
Peak: 1986 (10 births)
Cristal as a female name
Ranked #2,601 in 2024
67 female births in 2024
Peak: 1991 (679 births)
Cristal: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cristal span from the 1940s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 5,238 babies were registered. Cristal has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Cristal by Decade
How has Cristal tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cristal by State
Birth registrations for Cristal span all 38 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Iowa, Delaware, Minnesota. On average, about 339 Cristals were registered per state.
Cristal + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cristal as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cristal
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cristal: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cristal?
We estimate approximately 15,250 people named Cristal are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 22,476 Americans share this first name.
Is Cristal a common name?
Cristal is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 15,897 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cristal most popular?
Cristal reached peak popularity in 1991, when 679 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cristal is approximately 31 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cristal a female name?
Cristal is predominantly female. 99.7% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cristal Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cristal Smith, Cristal Johnson, Cristal Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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