Kirsty

Where Kirsty comes from

The dictionaries list Kirsty as a given name — a female given name, Scottish diminutive of Christine — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1961
    First appearance
    #5,309 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1991
    Peak, #1,555
    99 babies named Kirsty — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1994
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,661.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, Scottish diminutive of Christine.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Kirsty hasn't yet.

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.