Kirstin
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 413 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,778since 1942
Kirstin over time
Rank among girls' names. Kirstin has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 |
| 2012 | #4,387 | 33 |
| 2011 | #4,466 | 32 |
| 2010 | #3,624 | 43 |
| 2009 | #3,252 | 51 |
| 2008 | #2,511 | 75 |
| 2007 | #2,071 | 98 |
| 2006 | #1,771 | 117 |
| 2005 | #1,539 | 133 |
| 2004 | #1,520 | 132 |
| 2003 | #1,318 | 156 |
| 2002 | #1,077 | 197 |
| 2001 | #1,132 | 185 |
| 2000 | #966 | 219 |
| 1999 | #889 | 240 |
| 1998 | #892 | 236 |
| 1997 | #814 | 254 |
| 1996 | #700 | 308 |
| 1995 | #730 | 280 |
| 1994 | #766 | 268 |
| 1993 | #714 | 298 |
| 1992 | #580 | 402 |
| 1991 | #568 | 409 |
| 1990 | #564 | 413 |
| 1989 | #607 | 351 |
| 1988 | #720 | 259 |
| 1987 | #866 | 196 |
| 1986 | #1,032 | 146 |
| 1985 | #976 | 157 |
| 1984 | #898 | 166 |
| 1983 | #935 | 159 |
| 1982 | #1,032 | 141 |
| 1981 | #1,045 | 137 |
| 1980 | #955 | 155 |
| 1979 | #903 | 165 |
| 1978 | #981 | 141 |
| 1977 | #952 | 145 |
| 1976 | #1,078 | 113 |
| 1975 | #905 | 144 |
| 1974 | #887 | 145 |
| 1973 | #908 | 137 |
| 1972 | #923 | 133 |
| 1971 | #882 | 151 |
| 1970 | #867 | 154 |
| 1969 | #804 | 164 |
| 1968 | #820 | 153 |
| 1967 | #1,011 | 103 |
| 1966 | #1,189 | 81 |
| 1965 | #1,394 | 62 |
| 1964 | #1,349 | 69 |
| 1963 | #1,867 | 39 |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#277 · 1 in 1,463
- Wisconsin#435 · 1 in 2,802
- Iowa#455 · 1 in 2,812
- Missouri#463 · 1 in 2,969
- Virginia#519 · 1 in 3,391
Best ever in a state: #184 in Montana, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #277 | 5 | 1 in 1,463 |
| Wisconsin | #435 | 9 | 1 in 2,802 |
| Iowa | #455 | 5 | 1 in 2,812 |
| Missouri | #463 | 10 | 1 in 2,969 |
| Virginia | #519 | 10 | 1 in 3,391 |
| Maryland | #536 | 7 | 1 in 3,420 |
| Illinois | #552 | 20 | 1 in 3,521 |
| Minnesota | #588 | 6 | 1 in 4,211 |
| Ohio | #591 | 14 | 1 in 4,401 |
| New Jersey | #712 | 8 | 1 in 5,185 |
| Tennessee | #713 | 6 | 1 in 5,088 |
| Pennsylvania | #734 | 10 | 1 in 5,830 |
| Indiana | #740 | 6 | 1 in 5,513 |
| Florida | #783 | 13 | 1 in 5,714 |
| Michigan | #886 | 7 | 1 in 7,360 |
| North Carolina | #898 | 6 | 1 in 7,015 |
| New York | #1,124 | 11 | 1 in 9,156 |
| Texas | #1,190 | 14 | 1 in 10,246 |
| California | #1,317 | 18 | 1 in 12,279 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1990 at #564 (413 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1987–2000
- 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
- 35.4% of all girls named Kirstin (3,108) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 11 | #4,124 (1942) | #4,684 |
| 1950s | 51 | #2,517 (1959) | #4,315 |
| 1960s | 748 | #804 (1969) | #1,554 |
| 1970s | 1,428 | #867 (1970) | #929 |
| 1980s | 1,867 | #607 (1989) | #907 |
| 1990s | 3,108 | #564 (1990) | #722 |
| 2000s | 1,363 | #966 (2000) | #1,716 |
| 2010s | 185 | #3,624 (2010) | #8,001 |
| 2020s | 17 | #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 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 7,487 of them was named Kirstin, which outranked 94.6% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).