Kursten — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kursten

The Social Security Administration has registered 281 babies named Kursten between 1973 and 2008, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kursten currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kursten performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kursten shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kursten in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kursten 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 281 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.