Kjersti — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kjersti

The Social Security Administration has registered 249 babies named Kjersti between 1969 and 2011, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kjersti currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kjersti performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kjersti shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kjersti 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 249 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.