How Many People Are Named Kiersten?

14,550

people named Kiersten are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 23,490 people in the US has this name

Based on 14,814 babies named Kiersten in Social Security records from 1963 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,948

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,058

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Peak Year

2005

662 births

Trend

→

Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Modern)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Variant of KIRSTEN.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Kiersten in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Kiersten alive today is about 26 years old, and 67% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 32 in 2025.

Under 30 9,807
67.4%
30 to 59 4,685
32.2%
60 and over 58
0.4%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Kiersten first appears in the records in 1963 and was given most often in 2005, to 662 babies. In 2025, 29 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1963 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Kiersten has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #423, in 1996. In 2025 it ranked #4,703.

Girls
Rank in 2025#4,703
Best rank#423 (1996)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#527 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Kiersten alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Kiersten were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 1,052 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kiersten was given 2.6 times as often in West Virginia, 2.3 times in Indiana and 2.2 times in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania 1,052
California 934
New York 829
Ohio 820
Texas 760
Florida 733
Indiana 605
Illinois 507
Georgia 455
Michigan 426
Virginia 424
North Carolina 394
New Jersey 367
Maryland 338
Tennessee 309
Missouri 304
Washington 243
Utah 237
Louisiana 212
Arizona 191
Minnesota 186
South Carolina 169
Wisconsin 164
West Virginia 157
Kentucky 153
Oklahoma 148
Alabama 129
Colorado 124
Kansas 117
Mississippi 106
Massachusetts 101
Iowa 96
Oregon 82
Arkansas 69
Connecticut 66
Nebraska 43
New Mexico 12
Nevada 10
Idaho 5
New Hampshire 5
Alaska 5

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