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Kirsten

Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
US rank, 2025
#2,822 for girls

Kirsten is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).

What does Kirsten mean?

Greek

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Kirsten a girl's or a boy's name?

Kirsten is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 60 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kirsten in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 349 girls.

Half of all the girls named Kirsten in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 349 in 19962024
Kirsten in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20243#5,966
20237#3,388
20220–
20215#4,148
20201#7,326
20197#3,340
201816#1,904
201719#1,711
201622#1,552
201522#1,527
201422#1,494
201333#1,142
201246#885
201145#872
201072#607
200988#506
2008159#323
2007151#331
2006148#328
2005214#240
2004204#246
2003201#249
2002189#247
2001230#201
2000221#217
1999252#196
1998340#153
1997328#158
1996349#142

How popular is Kirsten in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,822nd among girls
Babies in 2025
60 about 1 in 27,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 33% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Kirsten, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,468th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 1,931 girls. It first appears in the records in 1937.

Half of all the girls named Kirsten in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.

1937Busiest: 1,931 in 19912025
Kirsten in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202560#2,822
202451#3,119
202336#4,045
202263#2,720
202157#2,929
202070#2,468
201960#2,784
201889#2,130
2017107#1,889
2016150#1,512
2015123#1,711
2014184#1,291
2013212#1,135
2012256#985
2011309#852
2010319#840
2009454#652
2008543#567
2007726#444
2006783#407
20051,003#321
20041,089#298
20031,116#280
20021,126#277
20011,224#260
20001,273#255
19991,533#200
19981,547#202
19971,633#185
19961,773#176
19951,681#180
19941,537#193
19931,546#188
19921,832#166
19911,931#154
19901,869#157
19891,538#183
19881,221#214
1987891#276
1986747#322
1985751#319
1984724#324
1983715#324
1982740#328
1981709#335
1980705#343
1979817#293
1978814#285
1977687#336
1976714#316
1975762#303
1974808#296
1973790#297
1972901#284
1971936#296
19701,034#284
19691,156#253
19681,107#248
1967816#303
1966852#297
1965641#356
1964687#362
1963598#392
1962306#560
1961241#663
1960258#627
1959195#716
1958139#865
1957109#994
195687#1,104
195579#1,117
195459#1,284
195338#1,585
195246#1,429
195133#1,664
195028#1,793
194935#1,563
194836#1,547
194731#1,721
194634#1,507
194524#1,698
194427#1,577
194328#1,590
194230#1,497
194128#1,472
194024#1,591
193916#2,038
193814#2,225
193710#2,734

Names like Kirsten

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Erin, Jasmine, Holly, Amber, Zoe, Molly, Chloe, Jessica, Robyn, Nicole, Alexandra, Lara

Names related to Kirsten

Kristen, Kristin, Kirstin, Kristine, Kirstyn, Kiersten, Kristyn, Kierstyn, Kierstin

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Sophie, Iris, Maisie

Every Greek name

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, “Kirsten: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kirsten, updated 20 October 2026.