# Kiersten (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kiersten/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,814 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 14,809 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 20, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 295 | 885 |
| 2012 | 215 | 1,149 |
| 2013 | 192 | 1,244 |
| 2014 | 188 | 1,279 |
| 2015 | 167 | 1,401 |
| 2016 | 112 | 1,848 |
| 2017 | 101 | 1,969 |
| 2018 | 84 | 2,211 |
| 2019 | 70 | 2,523 |
| 2020 | 62 | 2,699 |
| 2021 | 58 | 2,906 |
| 2022 | 36 | 4,077 |
| 2023 | 42 | 3,678 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,929 |
| 2025 | 29 | 4,704 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | 10,100 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |

## People named Kiersten

- Kiersten Warren, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.