Kirstin

Where Kirstin comes from

Kirstin hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1942
    First appearance
    #4,124 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Kirstin Jean Lewis born
    South African archer
  3. 1990
    Peak, #564
    413 babies named Kirstin — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1992
    Kirstin Maldonado born
    American singer
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,132.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Kirstin Maldonado · American singer, born 1992
  • Kirstin Jean Lewis · South African archer, born 1975
  • Kirstin Dwyer · Australian field hockey player, born 1989
  • Kirstin Freye · German female tennis player, born 1975
  • Kirstin Breitenfellner · German journalist, born 1966

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.