Kiersten
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEER-sten
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Kiersten is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Kiersten mean?
Greek: spelling of Kirsten, the Danish and Norwegian form of Christina
“follower of Christ”
Kirsten is the Scandinavian form of Christina, which comes from Greek Christos.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kiersten a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiersten is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kiersten in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 7 girls.
Kiersten in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Kiersten in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,660among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Kiersten, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,682nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 662 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
2025 had fewer girls named Kiersten than any year since 1966.
Half of all the girls named Kiersten in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kiersten in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,892 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,638 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,892 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,682 |
| 2019 | 70 | #2,508 |
| 2018 | 84 | #2,207 |
| 2017 | 101 | #1,964 |
| 2016 | 112 | #1,841 |
| 2015 | 167 | #1,399 |
| 2014 | 188 | #1,275 |
| 2013 | 192 | #1,242 |
| 2012 | 215 | #1,148 |
| 2011 | 295 | #885 |
| 2010 | 319 | #840 |
| 2009 | 366 | #776 |
| 2008 | 465 | #658 |
| 2007 | 508 | #589 |
| 2006 | 592 | #512 |
| 2005 | 662 | #460 |
| 2004 | 660 | #455 |
| 2003 | 602 | #485 |
| 2002 | 586 | #479 |
| 2001 | 573 | #487 |
| 2000 | 638 | #443 |
| 1999 | 532 | #487 |
| 1998 | 562 | #459 |
| 1997 | 550 | #457 |
| 1996 | 603 | #422 |
| 1995 | 547 | #461 |
| 1994 | 481 | #519 |
| 1993 | 478 | #513 |
| 1992 | 408 | #571 |
| 1991 | 405 | #573 |
| 1990 | 362 | #619 |
| 1989 | 293 | #691 |
| 1988 | 200 | #880 |
| 1987 | 146 | #1,052 |
| 1986 | 127 | #1,136 |
| 1985 | 119 | #1,185 |
| 1984 | 78 | #1,475 |
| 1983 | 68 | #1,629 |
| 1982 | 69 | #1,653 |
| 1981 | 96 | #1,315 |
| 1980 | 50 | #2,069 |
| 1979 | 73 | #1,569 |
| 1978 | 80 | #1,434 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,774 |
| 1976 | 58 | #1,677 |
| 1975 | 79 | #1,350 |
| 1974 | 79 | #1,334 |
| 1973 | 76 | #1,329 |
| 1972 | 65 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 75 | #1,405 |
| 1970 | 79 | #1,330 |
| 1969 | 62 | #1,499 |
| 1968 | 60 | #1,459 |
| 1967 | 39 | #1,881 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,307 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,832 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,245 |
| 1963 | 18 | #2,959 |
Names like Kiersten
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Erin Jasmine Chloe Zoe Lara Mia Autumn Eden Molly Kayla Amber Lily
Names related to Kiersten
Kirsten Kirstin Kirstyn Kerstin Kierstyn Kierstin Kierston Keirsten
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Sophie Iris Maisie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kiersten: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiersten, updated 20 October 2026.