girls:
15.8k births since 1947
#1202 (79th percentile)
boys:
55 births since 1985
#4531 (1st percentile)
overall:
15.8k births since 1947
#2070 (73rd percentile)
The name Cristal is the #2,070 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,829 recorded births since 1947. This represents the 73.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 73.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,202 (79.0% percentile) for all time with 15,774 births since 1947. For boys, it ranks #4,531 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 55 births since 1985.
Cristal first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1947 (1947 for girls and 1985 for boys). Birth data for Cristal is available in 74 out of the 77 years between 1947 and 2023 (74 years for girls and 9 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Cristal has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Cristal reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 58.9% percentile (ranked #350) with 334 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 334 births per million (ranked 58.9% percentile). Despite a low point in 2003, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Cristal ranks #901 for girls (4.9% percentile) with 29 births per million, which is 8.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Cristal reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #700) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1996.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cristal".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Cristal. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.5% confident that Cristal is pronounced as KRIH-stuhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is krih-STAL, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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