Girls' name · since 1968
Keirstin
547 babies named Keirstin in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 547
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Keirstin is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 547 have been recorded since 1968.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keirstin has been recorded 547 times among girls since 1968, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2018.
- #11,214 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 547 born since 1968
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keirstin ranks #11,214 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 547 born since 1968, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 547
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Keirstin's 547 recorded births place it above 84.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Keirstin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Keirstin splits its recorded history at 2001: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Keirstin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2018
- Peak year (1998)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Keirstin by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (224 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Keirstin's strongest decade.
224 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Keirstin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 28
1980s
28 births
- 1990s
1990s
224 births
- 2000s
2000s
224 births
- 2010s 54
2010s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 224 births (41% of all-time use).
How Keirstin compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Keirstin's total volume
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What to do with Keirstin's data
- Keirstin's decade-level peak was the 1990s (224 total births); usage has since declined to 54 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 Keirstin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1968–2018 (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 Keirstin 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.