Kierston
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194
- Last seen for boys in 1992 at #6,128
- Given to girls 98.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 38 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 849since 1971
Kierston over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kierston has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
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| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | — | |
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| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,581 | 29 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,898 | 36 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,536 | 28 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,810 | 34 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,198 | 43 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,216 | 42 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,815 | 29 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,429 | 33 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,448 | 32 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,290 | 34 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,957 | 38 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
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| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | — | |
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| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
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| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five girls were named Kierston! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1977, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kierston is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kierston in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kierston
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1990 at #2,957 (38 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 19 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 41,875
- Highest: 1 in 41,875 girls born in 2001 were named Kierston (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,957 in 1990, was only 1 in 49,962 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 35.8% of all girls named Kierston (304) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 35 | #5,563 (1978) | #7,632 |
| 1980s | 103 | #3,784 (1989) | #6,820 |
| 1990s | 304 | #2,957 (1990) | #3,661 |
| 2000s | 300 | #3,198 (2001) | #4,794 |
| 2010s | 90 | #5,728 (2011) | #8,709 |
| 2020s | 17 | #12,142 (2020) | #14,196 |
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.
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