Girls' name · since 1967
Kirsta
Since 1967, U.S. Social Security records show 264 babies named Kirsta, peaking in 1991. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 264
- total births
- 1967–2005
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
Kirsta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 264 have been recorded since 1967.
Social Security Administration records show Kirsta recorded 264 times among girls since 1967, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2005.
- 264 total births
- 1967–2005 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 33% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kirsta's 264 recorded births place it above 76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kirsta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kirsta's SSA record in two at 1986 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kirsta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2005
- Peak year (1991)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Kirsta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kirsta's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Kirsta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 20
1960s
20 births
- 1970s
1970s
80 births
- 1980s
1980s
52 births
- 1990s
1990s
86 births
- 2000s 26
2000s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 86 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Kirsta's decade-level peak was the 1990s (86 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 2000s -- 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, 1967–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kirsta: Baby Name Since 1967 - 264 Births, Peak 1991." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kirsta. 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 Kirsta 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.