Kirstyn — girls' name
2,309 babies named Kirstyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Kirstyn was born in this single decade.
132 babies were named Kirstyn in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kirstyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,309 babies named Kirstyn between 1975 and 2021, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kirstyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 132 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kirstyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,059 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kirstyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 201 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Kirstyn in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kirstyn 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 2,309 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.
Kirstyn at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kirstyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1975
- Peak year (1990)
- 132
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
2,309 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 132 births in a single year.
Kirstyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,059 births that decade — 46% of Kirstyn's all-time total
Kirstyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,059 births
- Runner-up 773 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kirstyn's strongest decade
1,059 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Kirstyn by state
Where Kirstyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 201 | 8.7% |
| #2 | California | | 154 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 74 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 58 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 56 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 46 | 2.0% |
| #7 | New York | | 42 | 1.8% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 36 | 1.6% |
201 of 2,309 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.7% of nationwide
- California 6.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.2% of nationwide
- Florida 2.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 23 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kirstyn appears in 23 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, 1975–2021 (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.