Kiersten

Where Kiersten comes from

The dictionaries list Kiersten as a given name — a female given name of American usage, variant of Kirsten — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1963
    First appearance
    #2,960 among girls, 18 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1965
    Kiersten Warren born
    American actress
  3. 1988
    Kiersten Dallstream born
    American soccer player
  4. 1996
    Peak, #422
    603 babies named Kiersten — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #885.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name of American usage, variant of Kirsten.
Namesakes
  • Kiersten Warren · American actress, born 1965
  • Kiersten Dallstream · American soccer player, born 1988
  • Kiersten White · American writer, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.