Girls' name · since 1971
Kjersten
305 babies named Kjersten in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 305
- total births
- 1971–2012
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
Kjersten is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 305 have been recorded since 1971.
Social Security Administration records show Kjersten recorded 305 times among girls since 1971, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2012.
- 305 total births
- 1971–2012 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 33% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kjersten's 305 recorded births place it above 78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Minnesota.
Kjersten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kjersten's full recorded timeline at 1993, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kjersten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2012
- Peak year (1979)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Kjersten by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kjersten's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Kjersten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
57 births
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
- 1990s
1990s
101 births
- 2000s
2000s
77 births
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 101 births (33% of all-time use).
Kjersten by state
Where Kjersten concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 23 | 7.5% |
23 of 305 births nationwide.
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- Kjersten's decade-level peak was the 1990s (101 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Minnesota records the most Kjerstens (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Minnesota names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kjersten: Baby Name Since 1971 - 305 Births, Peak 1979." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kjersten. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kjersten draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.