Kirstin

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194

Peak · girls
1990 · 413 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,778
since 1942

Kirstin over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kirstin has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #564, 1990girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023#15,1945
2022#15,3065
2021—
2020#12,1427
2019#15,5395
2018—
2017#9,94310
2016#9,41111
2015#13,0067
2014#5,99321
2013#5,64423
2012#4,38733
2011#4,46632
2010#3,62443
2009#3,25251
2008#2,51175
2007#2,07198
2006#1,771117
2005#1,539133
2004#1,520132
2003#1,318156
2002#1,077197
2001#1,132185
2000#966219
1999#889240
1998#892236
1997#814254
1996#700308
1995#730280
1994#766268
1993#714298
1992#580402
1991#568409
1990#564413
1989#607351
1988#720259
1987#866196
1986#1,032146
1985#976157
1984#898166
1983#935159
1982#1,032141
1981#1,045137
1980#955155
1979#903165
1978#981141
1977#952145
1976#1,078113
1975#905144
1974#887145
1973#908137
1972#923133
1971#882151
1970#867154
1969#804164
1968#820153
1967#1,011103
1966#1,18981
1965#1,39462
1964#1,34969
1963#1,86739
1962#2,26428
1961#2,41125
1960#2,43224
1959#2,51721
1958#3,54312
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1956#5,3256
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1954#5,1486
1953#5,0406
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First appearance
1942

The first year at least five girls were named Kirstin! It came in at #4,124, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1943–1952, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kirstin is popular in 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedNHWashington: #534 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,884 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #466 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,498 girlsMNIllinois: #1,133 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 12,097 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedWIMichigan: #883 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,662 girlsMINew York: #1,406 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 15,981 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedRIOregon: #305 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,914 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedSDIowa: #357 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,606 girlsIAIndiana: #578 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,353 girlsINOhio: #688 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,523 girlsOHPennsylvania: #429 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,461 girlsPANew Jersey: #614 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,446 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #903 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 8,274 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedNEMissouri: #638 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,249 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedWVVirginia: #571 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,963 girlsVAMaryland: #483 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,645 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #563 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,658 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedHITexas: #1,062 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 10,739 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Kirstin, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#305 · 1 in 1,914
  2. Iowa#357 · 1 in 2,606
  3. Pennsylvania#429 · 1 in 3,461
  4. Minnesota#466 · 1 in 4,498
  5. Maryland#483 · 1 in 3,645

Best ever in a state: #184 in Montana, 1981.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#30581 in 1,914
Iowa#35761 in 2,606
Pennsylvania#429201 in 3,461
Minnesota#46661 in 4,498
Maryland#48371 in 3,645
Washington#53471 in 3,884
North Carolina#56381 in 4,658
Virginia#57171 in 4,963
Indiana#57861 in 5,353
New Jersey#61481 in 5,446
Missouri#63851 in 6,249
Ohio#68891 in 7,523
Michigan#88361 in 9,662
California#903261 in 8,274
Texas#1,062121 in 10,739
Illinois#1,13361 in 12,097
New York#1,40671 in 15,981
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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 Kirstin
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 191 spots in 1968 (#1,011 → #820)
  • Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1976 (#905 → #1,078)
Rise & fade · girls
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1942
  • Peaked 1990 at #564 (413 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1987–2000
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,584
  • Highest: 1 in 4,584 girls born in 1991 were named Kirstin (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #564 in 1990, was only 1 in 4,597 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 35.4% of all girls named Kirstin (3,108) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s11#4,124 (1942)#4,684
1950s51#2,517 (1959)#4,315
1960s748#804 (1969)#1,554
1970s1,428#867 (1970)#929
1980s1,867#607 (1989)#907
1990s3,108#564 (1990)#722
2000s1,363#966 (2000)#1,716
2010s185#3,624 (2010)#8,001
2020s17#12,142 (2020)#14,214

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.

Kirstin in 1987

girls
#866
196 births · 1 in 8,871 girls

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #866Kirstin196
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 8,871 of them was named Kirstin, which outranked 93.5% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kirstin
  1. #861John197
  2. #861Magen197
  3. #861Tiera197
  4. #866Kirstin196
  5. #866Caryn196
  6. #866Kia196
  7. #866Lissette196
  8. #873Cora195
  9. #873Jeanna195
  10. #873Karin195

Tied with 6 names at #866; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,808Janay#2,195 → #387
  2. ↑ 1,048Channing#1,638 → #590
  3. ↑ 786Ayla#1,380 → #594
  4. ↑ 714Yessenia#1,439 → #725
  5. ↑ 648Denisse#1,602 → #954
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,153Halley#580 → #1,733
  2. ↓ 674Cherrelle#879 → #1,553
  3. ↓ 637Sharday#933 → #1,570
  4. ↓ 613Sharde#873 → #1,486
  5. ↓ 539Shardae#832 → #1,371

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

See the top 100 for 1987 →