Girls' name · since 1969
Kersti
62 babies named Kersti in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 62
- total births
- 1969–1994
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
62 girls have been named Kersti since 1969, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Kersti recorded 62 times among girls since 1969, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1994.
- 62 total births
- 1969–1994 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 58% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kersti's 62 recorded births place it above 55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kersti's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kersti splits its recorded history at 1989: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kersti popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1994
- Peak year (1990)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Kersti by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kersti's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Kersti births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 36 births (58% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1969–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kersti: Baby Name Since 1969 - 62 Births, Peak 1990." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kersti. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kersti 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 July 2026.