Kirsti — girls' name
1,010 babies named Kirsti in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Kirsti was born in this single decade.
106 babies were named Kirsti in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kirsti
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,010 babies named Kirsti between 1952 and 2007, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kirsti currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 106 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kirsti performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 500 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kirsti shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 57 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kirsti in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kirsti 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 1,010 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.
Kirsti at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kirsti popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1952
- Peak year (1991)
- 106
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
1,010 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 106 births in a single year.
Kirsti by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 500 births that decade — 50% of Kirsti's all-time total
Kirsti decade highlights
- Peak decade 500 births
- Runner-up 176 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kirsti's strongest decade
500 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Kirsti by state
Where Kirsti concentrates geographically — total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 57 | 5.6% |
| #2 | California | | 48 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 19 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 12 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 7 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Kentucky | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Washington | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Iowa | | 5 | 0.5% |
57 of 1,010 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.6% of nationwide
- California 4.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.9% of nationwide
- Florida 1.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kirsti appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1952–2007 (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.