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Kirsten Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Kirsten?

The rare name Kirsten was the 2,163rd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

Kirsten, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #154 in 1991 with 1,931 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Kirsten was less than 5, most recently in 1936.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Kirsten occurred roughly during the years 1936-1941, 1949-1968, and 1984-1990, whereas 1996-2002, 2003-2015, and 2016-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Kirsten became more popular as a girls name in 1937.

Where is the name Kirsten popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

Kirsten's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Kirsten lately has dropped significantly.

The name Kirsten is quite distinctive and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Kirsten has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Kirsten (Girl)Kirsten (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 87 2,163 < 5 --
2017 106 1,900 < 5 --
2016 150 1,510 < 5 --
2015 121 1,732 < 5 --
2014 184 1,296 < 5 --
2013 212 1,136 < 5 --
2012 256 985 < 5 --
2011 309 853 < 5 --
2010 318 844 < 5 --
2009 454 650 < 5 --
2008 543 568 < 5 --
2007 726 443 < 5 --
2006 782 407 < 5 --
2005 1,003 322 < 5 --
2004 1,089 298 12 6,355
2003 1,116 279 < 5 --
2002 1,126 278 < 5 --
2001 1,224 260 < 5 --
2000 1,273 255 < 5 --
1999 1,533 200 < 5 --
1998 1,547 202 8 7,246
1997 1,633 185 < 5 --
1996 1,773 176 5 9,855
1995 1,681 180 < 5 --
1994 1,537 193 < 5 --
1993 1,546 189 < 5 --
1992 1,832 166 7 7,083
1991 1,931 154 7 6,944
1990 1,869 157 10 5,209
1989 1,538 183 10 5,013
1988 1,221 214 9 5,020
1987 891 276 7 5,805
1986 747 322 < 5 --
1985 751 319 8 4,946
1984 723 324 6 6,000
1983 715 324 8 4,718
1982 740 328 6 6,044
1981 708 335 < 5 --
1980 705 343 12 3,523
1979 817 293 10 3,952
1978 814 285 13 3,153
1977 687 336 8 4,404
1976 714 316 5 6,065
1975 762 303 < 5 --
1974 808 296 11 3,233
1973 790 297 7 4,306
1972 897 285 < 5 --
1971 936 296 7 4,179
1970 1,034 284 12 2,801
1969 1,156 253 < 5 --
1968 1,107 248 < 5 --
1967 816 303 7 3,411
1966 851 298 8 3,120
1965 641 357 < 5 --
1964 687 362 < 5 --
1963 598 392 8 3,197
1962 305 562 < 5 --
1961 241 664 < 5 --
1960 258 628 < 5 --
1959 195 718 < 5 --
1958 139 866 < 5 --
1957 109 997 < 5 --
1956 87 1,110 < 5 --
1955 80 1,117 < 5 --
1954 59 1,295 < 5 --
1953 38 1,600 < 5 --
1952 46 1,433 < 5 --
1951 33 1,681 < 5 --
1950 28 1,815 < 5 --
1949 35 1,578 < 5 --
1948 36 1,557 < 5 --
1947 31 1,740 < 5 --
1946 34 1,522 < 5 --
1945 24 1,722 < 5 --
1944 27 1,589 < 5 --
1943 28 1,611 < 5 --
1942 30 1,513 < 5 --
1941 28 1,487 < 5 --
1940 24 1,614 < 5 --
1939 16 2,078 < 5 --
1938 14 2,281 < 5 --
1937 10 2,841 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.