Kirstie — girls' name
4,151 babies named Kirstie in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Kirstie was born in this single decade.
635 babies were named Kirstie in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kirstie
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,151 babies named Kirstie between 1950 and 2011, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kirstie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 635 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kirstie performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 2,450 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kirstie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 433 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kirstie in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kirstie 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 4,151 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.
Kirstie at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kirstie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1950
- Peak year (1991)
- 635
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
4,151 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 635 births in a single year.
Kirstie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 2,450 births that decade — 59% of Kirstie's all-time total
Kirstie decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,450 births
- Runner-up 675 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kirstie's strongest decade
2,450 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Kirstie by state
Where Kirstie concentrates geographically — total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 433 | 10.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 292 | 7.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 147 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 139 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 139 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Florida | | 128 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 101 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 83 | 2.0% |
433 of 4,151 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.4% of nationwide
- Texas 7.0% of nationwide
- New York 3.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 36 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kirstie appears in 36 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, 1950–2011 (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.