Kirsten
Kirsten is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 51 births. Its best rank was 154th, in 1991.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 510.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19911,931 births
- Best rank
- #154in 1991
- Since 1937
- 53,119people given the name
The story in the numbers
53,119 girls have been named Kirsten in the United States since 1937, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 1,931 births — 0.10% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 51 births in 2024, against 1,931 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1990s alone account for 32%. It has spent 56 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Kirsten | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 40 | |
| 1940s | 297 | |
| 1950s | 813 | |
| 1960s | 6,662 | |
| 1970s | 8,263 | |
| 1980s | 8,741 | |
| 1990s | 16,882 | |
| 2000s | 9,337 | |
| 2010s | 1,808 | |
| 2020s | 276 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Kirsten was the 154th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Kirsten
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kerstinpeak 1998
- Kirstinpeak 1990
- Allisapeak 1998
- Ivonnepeak 1992
- Lizzettepeak 1999
- Deonapeak 1995
- Lorissapeak 1994
- Jacindapeak 1996
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.