Boys' name · since 2002
Kestin
Kestin has 57 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 57
- total births
- 2002–2020
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
Kestin is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 57 have been recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Kestin recorded 57 times among boys since 2002, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2020.
- 57 total births
- 2002–2020 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 44% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kestin's 57 recorded births place it above 53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kestin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kestin's full recorded timeline at 2010, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kestin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2020
- Peak year (2011)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Kestin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kestin's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Kestin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 25 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Kestin's decade-level peak was the 2010s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2002–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kestin: Baby Name Since 2002 - 57 Births, Peak 2011." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kestin. 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 Kestin 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.