Kirston
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
Kirston is a girls' name of Greek origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kirston mean?
Greek: spelling of Kirsten
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Meaning borrowed from Kirsten. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kirston a girl's or a boy's name?
Kirston is a girls' name.
How popular is Kirston in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1978, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Kirston in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kirston in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Names like Kirston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Katie, Katherine, Kaitlyn, Kate, Chloe, Sarah, Madison, Jordan, Hannah, Callie, Kristen, Maggie
Names related to Kirston
Kirsten, Kristin, Kiersten, Kierstyn, Kristyn, Kirstin, Kierstin
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Kirston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kirston, updated 20 October 2026.