Kirsten
#2,822 for girls in 2025, 60 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #6,138
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 1,931 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 53,181since 1937
Kirsten over time
Rank among girls' names. Kirsten has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,822 | 60 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,119 | 51 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,047 | 36 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,720 | 63 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,929 | 57 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,468 | 70 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,784 | 60 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,130 | 89 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,889 | 107 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,512 | 150 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,711 | 123 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,291 | 184 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,135 | 212 | — | |
| 2012 | #985 | 256 | — | |
| 2011 | #852 | 309 | — | |
| 2010 | #840 | 319 | — | |
| 2009 | #652 | 454 | — | |
| 2008 | #567 | 543 | — | |
| 2007 | #444 | 726 | — | |
| 2006 | #407 | 783 | — | |
| 2005 | #321 | 1,003 | — | |
| 2004 | #298 | 1,089 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #280 | 1,116 | — | |
| 2002 | #277 | 1,126 | — | |
| 2001 | #260 | 1,224 | — | |
| 2000 | #255 | 1,273 | — | |
| 1999 | #200 | 1,533 | — | |
| 1998 | #202 | 1,547 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #185 | 1,633 | — | |
| 1996 | #176 | 1,773 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #180 | 1,681 | — | |
| 1994 | #193 | 1,537 | — | |
| 1993 | #188 | 1,546 | — | |
| 1992 | #166 | 1,832 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #154 | 1,931 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #157 | 1,869 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #183 | 1,538 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #214 | 1,221 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #276 | 891 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #322 | 747 | — | |
| 1985 | #319 | 751 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #324 | 724 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #324 | 715 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #328 | 740 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #335 | 709 | — | |
| 1980 | #343 | 705 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #293 | 817 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #285 | 814 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #336 | 687 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #316 | 714 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #303 | 762 | — | |
| 1974 | #296 | 808 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #297 | 790 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #284 | 901 | — | |
| 1971 | #296 | 936 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #284 | 1,034 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #253 | 1,156 | — | |
| 1968 | #248 | 1,107 | — | |
| 1967 | #303 | 816 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #297 | 852 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #356 | 641 | — | |
| 1964 | #362 | 687 | — | |
| 1963 | #392 | 598 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #560 | 306 | — | |
| 1961 | #663 | 241 | — | |
| 1960 | #627 | 258 | — | |
| 1959 | #716 | 195 | — | |
| 1958 | #866 | 139 | — | |
| 1957 | #995 | 109 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,105 | 87 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,118 | 79 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,285 | 59 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,430 | 46 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,794 | 28 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,722 | 31 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,508 | 34 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,699 | 24 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,578 | 27 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,591 | 28 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,497 | 30 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,591 | 24 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kirsten! It came in at #2,735, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1937–1938, when fewer than 15 girls a year got the name.
Where Kirsten is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#115 · 1 in 574
- Alaska#123 · 1 in 498
- Colorado#144 · 1 in 757
- Idaho#150 · 1 in 667
- South Dakota#151 · 1 in 689
Best ever in a state: #64 in Minnesota, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #115 | 25 | 1 in 574 |
| Alaska | #123 | 8 | 1 in 498 |
| Colorado | #144 | 29 | 1 in 757 |
| Idaho | #150 | 9 | 1 in 667 |
| South Dakota | #151 | 6 | 1 in 689 |
| Minnesota | #156 | 31 | 1 in 921 |
| Oregon | #165 | 19 | 1 in 823 |
| Montana | #172 | 6 | 1 in 729 |
| Kansas | #195 | 14 | 1 in 1,047 |
| Washington | #196 | 26 | 1 in 1,063 |
| Connecticut | #202 | 14 | 1 in 1,217 |
| Wisconsin | #203 | 24 | 1 in 1,277 |
| Nevada | #207 | 5 | 1 in 960 |
| Pennsylvania | #232 | 46 | 1 in 1,503 |
| Virginia | #268 | 20 | 1 in 1,648 |
| Massachusetts | #272 | 19 | 1 in 1,842 |
| Arizona | #287 | 15 | 1 in 1,533 |
| Illinois | #299 | 37 | 1 in 1,973 |
| North Carolina | #300 | 17 | 1 in 2,091 |
| Iowa | #303 | 8 | 1 in 2,156 |
| California | #333 | 107 | 1 in 1,890 |
| Kentucky | #341 | 8 | 1 in 2,657 |
| Maryland | #344 | 10 | 1 in 2,412 |
| New Jersey | #344 | 17 | 1 in 2,377 |
| Indiana | #353 | 13 | 1 in 2,619 |
| New York | #370 | 44 | 1 in 2,429 |
| South Carolina | #387 | 7 | 1 in 2,548 |
| Ohio | #401 | 21 | 1 in 3,290 |
| Michigan | #405 | 18 | 1 in 3,181 |
| Florida | #422 | 22 | 1 in 2,966 |
| Alabama | #426 | 7 | 1 in 3,112 |
| Texas | #450 | 45 | 1 in 2,963 |
| Oklahoma | #547 | 5 | 1 in 4,025 |
| Missouri | #567 | 6 | 1 in 5,364 |
| Louisiana | #604 | 7 | 1 in 4,297 |
| Georgia | #620 | 7 | 1 in 5,299 |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kirsten
- 297 spots since 2024 (#3,119 → #2,822)
- 354 spots since 2020 (#2,468 → #2,822)
- 1,111 spots since 2015 (#1,711 → #2,822)
- Biggest jump: 168 spots in 1963 (#560 → #392)
- Biggest drop: 188 spots in 2010 (#652 → #840)
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 1991 at #154 (1,931 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1957–2012
- Highest: 1 in 971 girls born in 1991 were named Kirsten (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,788 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.7% of all girls named Kirsten (16,882) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 40 | #2,038 (1939) | #2,333 |
| 1940s | 297 | #1,472 (1941) | #1,577 |
| 1950s | 813 | #716 (1959) | #1,256 |
| 1960s | 6,662 | #248 (1968) | #406 |
| 1970s | 8,263 | #284 (1970) | #299 |
| 1980s | 8,741 | #183 (1989) | #297 |
| 1990s | 16,882 | #154 (1991) | #180 |
| 2000s | 9,337 | #255 (2000) | #376 |
| 2010s | 1,809 | #840 (2010) | #1,513 |
| 2020s | 337 | #2,468 (2020) | #3,018 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kirsten in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 2,291 of them was named Kirsten, which outranked 97.4% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 231,026 of them was named Kirsten, which outranked 38.1% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,333Zeno9
- #4,333Ziad9
- #4,333Zion9
- #4,698Kirsten8
- #4,698Abdulla8
- #4,698Abrahan8
- #4,698Adrin8
- #5,147Aaran7
- #5,147Aarn7
- #5,147Abby7
Tied with 448 names at #4,698; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.