# Kirstie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kirstie/  
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 | 4,151 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,151 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 833, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A 20th-century variant of Kirsty, a form of Christina.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 102 | 1,557 |
| 1997 | 74 | 1,955 |
| 1998 | 65 | 2,208 |
| 1999 | 46 | 2,918 |
| 2000 | 28 | 4,347 |
| 2001 | 18 | 6,198 |
| 2002 | 16 | 6,886 |
| 2003 | 12 | 8,799 |
| 2004 | 8 | 12,230 |
| 2005 | 17 | 7,006 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16,195 |
| 2007 | 7 | 14,748 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,641 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16,052 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,282 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 52 | 564 |
| 2003 | 48 | 607 |
| 2004 | 29 | 912 |
| 2005 | 32 | 866 |
| 2006 | 23 | 1,153 |
| 2007 | 15 | 1,656 |
| 2008 | 13 | 1,914 |
| 2009 | 15 | 1,752 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |

## People named Kirstie

- Kirstie Alley, American actress (1951–2022)
- Kirstie Marshall, Australian skier and politician

## 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.