Kearsten — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kearsten

The Social Security Administration has registered 530 babies named Kearsten between 1978 and 2014, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kearsten currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kearsten performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 228 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kearsten shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kearsten in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kearsten in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 530 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.