Kearston — girls' name
424 babies named Kearston in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Kearston was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Kearston in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kearston
The Social Security Administration has registered 424 babies named Kearston between 1978 and 2015, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kearston currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kearston performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 159 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kearston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kearston 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 424 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.
Kearston at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kearston popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1978
- Peak year (2001)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
424 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 22 births in a single year.
Kearston popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1978 (Kearston as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kearston accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kearston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 159 births that decade — 38% of Kearston's all-time total
Kearston decade highlights
- Peak decade 159 births
- Runner-up 145 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kearston's strongest decade
159 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.