Kirston — girls' name
228 babies named Kirston in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
228 girls have been named Kirston since 1972, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2007.
- 228
- total births
- 1972–2007
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Kirston was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Kirston in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kirston
The Social Security Administration has registered 228 babies named Kirston between 1972 and 2007, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kirston currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kirston performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kirston shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kirston 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 228 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.
Kirston at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kirston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1972
- Peak year (1978)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
228 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 17 births in a single year.
Kirston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 92 births that decade — 40% of Kirston's all-time total
Kirston decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kirston's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% 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, 1972–2007 (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.