Crystal

Crystal: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “ice; clear crystal”
Origin: Greek
Say it: KRIS-tuhl · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

From English crystal, ultimately from Greek krystallos meaning ‘ice’ or ‘rock crystal’. It became established as a given name in modern English.

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How popular is Crystal?

202461.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Crystal in 2024203

2024 rank#1,173 girls

Peak year1982

Total US babies since 1880333,092

Crystal is fading: recent use is about 33% of its level ten years before.

Names like Crystal

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Krystalice; clear crystal · Greek
Cristalcrystal, clear ice · Greek
Kristalice, crystal · Greek
Chrystalice; clear crystal · Greek
Christalcrystal, clear ice · Greek
Krystleice, crystal · Greek
Sophiawisdom · Greek
Sofiawisdom · Greek

Crystal questions

What does the name Crystal mean?

Crystal means "ice; clear crystal". It comes from Greek. From English crystal, ultimately from Greek krystallos meaning ‘ice’ or ‘rock crystal’. It became established as a given name in modern English.

Is Crystal a boy or girl name?

Crystal is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Crystal?

203 US babies were named Crystal in 2024. Its peak year was 1982.

How do you pronounce Crystal?

Crystal is usually pronounced KRIS-tuhl.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.