Kirsta — girls' name
264 babies named Kirsta in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
264 girls have been named Kirsta since 1967, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2005.
- 264
- total births
- 1967–2005
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
33% of everyone ever named Kirsta was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Kirsta in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kirsta
The Social Security Administration has registered 264 babies named Kirsta between 1967 and 2005, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kirsta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kirsta performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kirsta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kirsta 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 264 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.
Kirsta at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kirsta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1967
- Peak year (1991)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
264 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 16 births in a single year.
Kirsta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 86 births that decade — 33% of Kirsta's all-time total
Kirsta decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kirsta's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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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, 1967–2005 (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.