Kierstin — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kierstin

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,270 babies named Kierstin between 1966 and 2023, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kierstin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 174 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kierstin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,243 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kierstin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 197 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kierstin in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kierstin 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 3,270 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.