Kirsten

Where Kirsten comes from

From North Germanic (Danish Kirsten and Norwegian Kirsten). Doublet of Christina.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kirsten
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1937
    First appearance
    #2,735 among girls, 10 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1966
    Kirsten Gillibrand born
    American politician
  3. 1982
    Kirsten Dunst born
    American actress
  4. 1991
    Peak, #154
    1,931 babies named Kirsten — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2006
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #407.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Kirsten Dunst · American actress, born 1982
  • Kirsten Gillibrand · American politician, born 1966
  • Kirsten Flipkens · Belgian tennis player, born 1986
  • Kirsten Flagstad · Norwegian opera singer, 1895–1962
  • Kirsten Vangsness · American actress and screenwriter, born 1972

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.