Girls' name · since 1969
Kjersti
Kjersti has 249 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 249
- total births
- 1969–2011
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 36%
- born in that decade
Kjersti sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 249 recorded since 1969.
Social Security Administration records show Kjersti recorded 249 times among girls since 1969, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2011.
- 249 total births
- 1969–2011 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 36% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kjersti's 249 recorded births place it above 76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kjersti's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kjersti splits its recorded history at 1986: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kjersti popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2011
- Peak year (1992)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Kjersti by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kjersti's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Kjersti births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 9
1960s
9 births
- 1970s
1970s
62 births
- 1980s
1980s
90 births
- 1990s
1990s
64 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 90 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Kjersti's decade-level peak was the 1980s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1969–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kjersti: Baby Name Since 1969 - 249 Births, Peak 1992." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kjersti. 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 Kjersti 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.