Cristal vs Cristhian
American parents have registered 15,936 Cristals since 1880, against 1,413 Cristhians. But in 2025 it was Cristhian that was commoner, 65 babies to 37.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Cristal Cristhian
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 76 years in which either name was published, Cristal for 73 years and Cristhian for 3 years. The lead changed hands 5 times.
Side by side
| Cristal | Cristhian | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 15,936 | 1,413 |
| Most in one year | 679 | 65 |
| Babies in 2025 | 37 | 65 |
| Estimated living today | 16,000 | 1,400 |
| Median age today | 29 | 15 |
| Peak year | 1991 | 2025 |
| Best rank | 377th girls | 2,183rd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 3,903rd | 2,183rd |
| First recorded | 1947 | 1981 |
| Girls / boys | 15,881 / 55 | 0 / 1,413 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Cristals alive today are over 29; half the Cristhians are over 15. That is 14 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Cristal California (3.6×), Nevada (3.5×), Texas (2.9×)
- Cristhian California (4.8×), Texas (4.3×), Florida (1.8×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Cristal and Cristhian.