NameTides

Kirsten

Kirsten was the #2,822 girls' name in the US in 2025 (60 babies), and #2,282 in Canada.

Kirsten as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kirsten as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Kirsten as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#2,822 (60)————#2,282 (9)
2024#3,119 (51)#5,892 (3)———#2,259 (9)
2023#4,047 (36)#4,057 (5)———#2,900 (6)
2022#2,720 (63)————#2,315 (8)
2021#2,929 (57)#5,581 (3)———#2,185 (9)
2020#2,468 (70)————#3,251 (5)
2019#2,784 (60)#5,591 (3)#650 (4)—#621 (5)#2,025 (10)
2018#2,130 (89)#1,977 (14)———#2,344 (8)
2017#1,889 (107)#2,201 (12)#446 (7)——#1,901 (11)
2016#1,512 (150)#1,689 (18)#675 (4)——#1,600 (14)
2015#1,711 (123)#2,070 (13)#509 (6)#426 (3)—#1,499 (15)
2014#1,291 (184)#1,882 (15)#477 (7)—#584 (6)#1,530 (15)
2013#1,135 (212)#1,220 (28)#564 (5)—#894 (3)#1,512 (15)
2012#985 (256)#1,150 (29)#335 (12)#330 (5)#612 (6)#1,055 (24)
2011#852 (309)#1,149 (29)#334 (11)#311 (5)#550 (7)#873 (30)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1991 at #154.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1937.

How common is it?

about 1 in 27,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 27,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kirsten is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 32,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 53,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kirsten by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Kirsten (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KirstenCanadaGirls#2,2829
KirstenEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KirstenIrelandGirls—too few
KirstenNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KirstenScotlandGirls—too few
KirstenUSGirls#2,82260
KirstenUSBoys—too few