Kirstein — girls' name
68 babies named Kirstein in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
68 girls have been named Kirstein since 1989, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2004.
- 68
- total births
- 1989–2004
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
54% of everyone ever named Kirstein was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Kirstein in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kirstein
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Kirstein between 1989 and 2004, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kirstein currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kirstein performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kirstein shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kirstein 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 68 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.
Kirstein at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kirstein popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1989
- Peak year (2001)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
68 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 10 births in a single year.
Kirstein by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 37 births that decade — 54% of Kirstein's all-time total
Kirstein decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kirstein's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% 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, 1989–2004 (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.