How rare is the name Kerstin?

3,698 people in the United States have the first name Kerstin, about 1 in 81,674. It ranks #4,856 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KERSTIN

#4,856

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,698
About
1 in 81,674
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,698 people named Kerstin, 89.1% reported their origin as White, 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 3% as Black. 99.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kerstin peaked in 1998, when 97 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19502021
Peak year
1998
Births that year
97
In 2021
5 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,537 babies have been given the name since 1950. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Kerstin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #3,153. The largest share of babies named Kerstin, 36.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#7,31764
1960s#3,397315
1970s#3,757339
1980s#3,708445
1990s#3,153783
2000s#5,453489
2010s#17,08397
2020s#39,3255
Baby boom 1946–647.4%
Generation X 1965–8022.2%
Millennials 1981–9636.4%
Generation Z 1997–1231.7%
2013 and later2.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Kerstin

#4,854 Elicia · 3,703#4,855 Jenniffer · 3,699#4,857 Britni · 3,694#4,857 Kaelynn · 3,694

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kerstin, most common first.

#11,125 Keirsten · 1,170#13,032 Kersten · 937#17,543 Kearstin · 627#20,986 Kearsten · 488#21,666 Keirstin · 467#23,638 Kerstyn · 413#23,816 Kearston · 409#27,686 Keirstyn · 329

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