Kierstan — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kierstan

The Social Security Administration has registered 482 babies named Kierstan between 1978 and 2020, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kierstan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kierstan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 199 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kierstan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Kierstan in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kierstan 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 482 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.