Kierstyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEER-stin
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Kierstyn is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Kierstyn mean?
Latin: variant of Kirsten, Scandinavian form of Christine
“follower of Christ”
A spelling of Kirsten, the Danish and Norwegian form of Christine.
Is Kierstyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Kierstyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kierstyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Kierstyn, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 135 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Kierstyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kierstyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2014 | 49 | #3,270 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,935 |
| 2012 | 53 | #3,133 |
| 2011 | 73 | #2,482 |
| 2010 | 99 | #2,010 |
| 2009 | 135 | #1,650 |
| 2008 | 117 | #1,834 |
| 2007 | 135 | #1,645 |
| 2006 | 121 | #1,722 |
| 2005 | 117 | #1,689 |
| 2004 | 132 | #1,519 |
| 2003 | 90 | #2,000 |
| 2002 | 98 | #1,819 |
| 2001 | 83 | #2,031 |
| 2000 | 92 | #1,851 |
| 1999 | 99 | #1,665 |
| 1998 | 72 | #2,045 |
| 1997 | 57 | #2,325 |
| 1996 | 81 | #1,804 |
| 1995 | 66 | #2,047 |
| 1994 | 54 | #2,376 |
| 1993 | 55 | #2,317 |
| 1992 | 63 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 51 | #2,443 |
| 1990 | 48 | #2,487 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Nicknames for Kierstyn
- Kiki 16 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kierstyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jordyn, Camryn, Brooklyn, Kaitlyn, Jazlyn, Karsyn, Peyton, Austyn, Kylie, Lauryn, Madison, Kaylee
Names related to Kierstyn
Kirsten, Kiersten, Kristyn, Kirstin, Kierstin, Kirstyn, Karstyn, Kierston
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kierstyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kierstyn, updated 20 October 2026.