Kerston — girls' name
68 babies named Kerston in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
68 girls have been named Kerston since 1978, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2002.
- 68
- total births
- 1978–2002
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
47% of everyone ever named Kerston was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Kerston in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kerston
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Kerston between 1978 and 2002, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kerston currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kerston performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kerston shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kerston 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 68 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.
Kerston at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kerston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1978
- Peak year (1978)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
68 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 10 births in a single year.
Kerston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 32 births that decade — 47% of Kerston's all-time total
Kerston decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kerston's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% 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, 1978–2002 (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.