Kerstyn — girls' name
426 babies named Kerstyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
426 girls have been named Kerstyn since 1981, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2016.
- 426
- total births
- 1981–2016
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Kerstyn was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Kerstyn in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kerstyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 426 babies named Kerstyn between 1981 and 2016, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kerstyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kerstyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 193 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kerstyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kerstyn in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kerstyn 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 426 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.
Kerstyn at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kerstyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1981
- Peak year (2000)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
426 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 35 births in a single year.
Kerstyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 193 births that decade — 45% of Kerstyn's all-time total
Kerstyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 193 births
- Runner-up 182 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kerstyn's strongest decade
193 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Kerstyn by state
Where Kerstyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
Top 5 states
- Florida 1.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.2% of nationwide
- Texas 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1981–2016 (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.