Kirsty

Last seen for girls in 2013 at #16,547

Peak · girls
1991 · 99 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
945
since 1961

Kirsty over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kirsty has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #1,555, 1991girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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rankbirths
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2013#16,5475
2012#16,8695
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2009#15,2426
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2006#17,1685
2005#13,0107
2004#8,25913
2003#9,67110
2002#12,1877
2001#6,95615
2000#5,93718
1999#6,48415
1998#6,07316
1997#4,81921
1996#3,14937
1995#3,22035
1994#2,66146
1993#2,35154
1992#1,66191
1991#1,55599
1990#1,59494
1989#2,02762
1988#4,49619
1987#3,74323
1986#8,5237
1985#8,3187
1984#6,8109
1983#5,82411
1982#4,94514
1981#5,57112
1980#4,74315
1979#4,42016
1978#3,09825
1977#5,21312
1976#5,21511
1975#4,14115
1974#4,04115
1973#4,15514
1972#5,9598
1971#6,6197
1970#6,3627
1969#6,6176
1968#7,0165
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1963#5,2967
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First appearance
1961

The first year at least five girls were named Kirsty! It came in at #5,309, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1962, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Kirsty
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2013
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1961
  • Peaked 1991 at #1,555 (99 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,939
  • Highest: 1 in 18,939 girls born in 1991 were named Kirsty (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 350,949 girls born in 2013 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 53.8% of all girls named Kirsty (508) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s37#5,296 (1963)#6,009
1970s130#3,098 (1978)#4,922
1980s179#2,027 (1989)#5,500
1990s508#1,555 (1991)#3,357
2000s81#5,937 (2000)#11,054
2010s10#16,547 (2013)#16,708

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.

Kirsty in 1992

girls
#1,661
91 births · 1 in 20,263 girls

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #1,661Kirsty91
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 20,263 of them was named Kirsty, which outranked 89.4% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kirsty
  1. #1,643Rebeka92
  2. #1,643Sharee92
  3. #1,643Sloane92
  4. #1,661Kirsty91
  5. #1,661Aaron91
  6. #1,661Aleisha91
  7. #1,661Anahi91
  8. #1,673Adina90
  9. #1,673Alannah90
  10. #1,673Aleesha90

Tied with 11 names at #1,661; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. 2,282Darian#2,989#707
  2. 1,958Payton#2,660#702
  3. 1,450Peyton#2,034#584
  4. 1,115Chandler#1,656#541
  5. 1,080Brianda#1,857#777
Fallers
  1. 855Rebeccah#1,000#1,855
  2. 725Ieshia#717#1,442
  3. 502Miesha#997#1,499
  4. 470Unknown#794#1,264
  5. 356Phylicia#928#1,284

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1992