Girls' name · since 1978
Kearston
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.
- #13,053 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 424
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
424 girls have been named Kearston since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kearston has been recorded 424 times among girls since 1978, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2015.
- #13,053 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 424 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kearston ranks #13,053 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 424 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,053 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 424
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kearston's 424 recorded births place it above 81.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kearston's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kearston splits its recorded history at 1997: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kearston popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2015
- Peak year (2001)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Kearston popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 1978 (Kearston as boys' name)
Kearston by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (159 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Kearston's strongest decade.
159 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Kearston births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 32
1970s
32 births
- 1980s 63
1980s
63 births
- 1990s
1990s
145 births
- 2000s
2000s
159 births
- 2010s 25
2010s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 159 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kearston's data
- Kearston's decade-level peak was the 2000s (159 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kearston: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kearston draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.