Recorded 1968–2015 Girls' name Peak 1995 479 births

Kirstan — girls' name

479 babies named Kirstan in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s81970s561980s721990s1992000s1262010s18
1990s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Kirstan was born in this single decade.

1995
Single peak year

27 babies were named Kirstan in 1995 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kirstan

The Social Security Administration has registered 479 babies named Kirstan between 1968 and 2015, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kirstan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kirstan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 199 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kirstan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kirstan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kirstan 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 479 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.

Kirstan at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

479

Since 1968

48 years of records

Peak year

1995

27 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1968

Recorded for 48 years

Last year on file: 2015

Kirstan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1968

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (1995)
27
Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
051015202530 201520072002199719921987198219751968 8

Kirstan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
199 births that decade — 42% of Kirstan's all-time total
1960s81970s561980s721990s1992000s1262010s18

Kirstan by state

Where Kirstan concentrates geographically — total births since 1968

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kirstan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
10 2.1%
Texas share of Kirstan's total US births 2.1%

10 of 479 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kirstan?
479 babies have been named Kirstan since 1968. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 1995 with 27 births.
When was Kirstan most popular?
Kirstan was most popular in the 1990s decade with 199 total births. The single peak year was 1995.
Where is Kirstan most popular?
The top states for the name Kirstan are Texas (10 births).
How long has the name Kirstan been used?
Kirstan has been recorded in Social Security data since 1968, spanning 48 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Kirstan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kirsten, Kira, Kirstin, Kirstie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1968–2015 (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.