Keirstin — girls' name
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.
41% of everyone ever named Keirstin was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Keirstin in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Keirstin
The Social Security Administration has registered 547 babies named Keirstin between 1968 and 2018, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keirstin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Keirstin performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 224 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Keirstin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Keirstin 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 547 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.
Keirstin at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Keirstin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1968
- Peak year (1998)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
547 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 31 births in a single year.
Keirstin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 224 births that decade — 41% of Keirstin's all-time total
Keirstin decade highlights
- Peak decade 224 births
- Runner-up 224 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Keirstin's strongest decade
224 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1968–2018 (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.