Recorded 1970–2018 Girls' name Peak 1991 248 births

Kjerstin — girls' name

248 babies named Kjerstin in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s241980s641990s632000s612010s36
1980s
Peak decade

26% of everyone ever named Kjerstin was born in this single decade.

1991
Single peak year

14 babies were named Kjerstin in 1991 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kjerstin

The Social Security Administration has registered 248 babies named Kjerstin between 1970 and 2018, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kjerstin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kjerstin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kjerstin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kjerstin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kjerstin 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 248 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.

Kjerstin at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

248

Since 1970

49 years of records

Peak year

1991

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1970

Recorded for 49 years

Last year on file: 2018

Kjerstin popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1970

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1991)
14
Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
46810121416 20182009200319971990198419781970 5

Kjerstin by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
64 births that decade — 26% of Kjerstin's all-time total
1970s241980s641990s632000s612010s36

Kjerstin by state

Where Kjerstin concentrates geographically — total births since 1970

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kjerstin
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Minnesota
16 6.5%
Minnesota share of Kjerstin's total US births 6.5%

16 of 248 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kjerstin?
248 babies have been named Kjerstin since 1970. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1991 with 14 births.
When was Kjerstin most popular?
Kjerstin was most popular in the 1980s decade with 64 total births. The single peak year was 1991.
Where is Kjerstin most popular?
The top states for the name Kjerstin are Minnesota (16 births).
How long has the name Kjerstin been used?
Kjerstin has been recorded in Social Security data since 1970, spanning 49 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Kjerstin?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kjersten, Kjersti. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1970–2018 (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.