Kirsten
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Kirsten
Lovely, authentic name -- but any Kirsten will be condemned to a lifetime of hearing "Did you say Kristen?" They're both genuine Scandinavian names but too interchangeable.
Kirsten is also given to boys.
Pronounced KIR-stun.
As of October 2026, Kirsten ranked #6358 in US births in 2004 SSA, peaked at #2803 in 1970.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #1,297 | 184 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #1,723 | 122 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #1,513 | 150 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #1,896 | 107 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #2,140 | 89 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #2,803 | 60 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #2,484 | 70 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #2,941 | 57 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #2,736 | 63 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #4,153 | 35 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #3,134 | 51 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #2,841 | 60 |
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Kirsten on lists
Famous Kirstens
- Kirsten Caroline DunstGirl
American actress
- Kirsten Elizabeth Rutnik GillibrandGirl
U.S. Senator from New York
- Kirsten Renee StormsGirl
American actress
- Kirsten HaglundGirl
Miss America 2008
- Kirsten Simone VangsnessGirl
American actress
- Kirsten NelsonGirl
American actress
- Kirsten "Flipper" FlipkensGirl
Belgian tennis player
- Kirsten WildGirl
Dutch cyclist
- Kirsten Blythe PainterGirl
an American poet and author
- Kirsten Målfrid FlagstadGirl
Norwegian operatic soprano
- Kirsten MooreGirl
Towers, Canadian Olympic pair skater
- Kirsten WallGirl
Canadian curler
Kirsten in pop culture
- Kirsten CohenGirl
character on TV's "The O.C."
- Kirsten LarsonGirl
character in the 'American Girl' series
- Kirsten GreeneGirl
character in "Just Listen" by Sarah Dessen
- Kirsten BennettGirl
character on TV's "Party of Five"
- Kirsten JohannsenGirl
character in "Number The Stars" by Lois Lowry
- Kirsten RaymondeGirl
character in novel " Station Eleven"
Variations & nicknames
- KarstenGirl
- KearstenGirl
- KeerstinGirl
- KeirstanGirl
- KeirstinGirl
- KerstenGirl
- KerstinGirl
- KierstenGirl
- KierstynnGirl
- KirstaGirl
- KirstanGirl
- KirsteenGirl
- KirsteneGirl
- KirsteniGirl
- KirstiGirl
- KirstieGirl
- KirstinGirl
- KirstonGirl
- KirstyGirl
- KirstynGirl
- KirstynnGirl
- KjerstinGirl
- KristenGirl
- KristinGirl
- KristynGirl
- KrystinGirl
- KurstenGirl
- KyerstenGirl
- KyrstenGirl
- KyrstinGirl