# Kirsty (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kirsty/  
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 | /ˈkɝstiː/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kirstie |
| US babies named this | 945 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 945 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,384, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 35 | 3,246 |
| 1996 | 37 | 3,188 |
| 1997 | 21 | 4,928 |
| 1998 | 16 | 6,223 |
| 1999 | 15 | 6,680 |
| 2000 | 18 | 6,096 |
| 2001 | 15 | 7,148 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12,961 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10,086 |
| 2004 | 13 | 8,503 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,786 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,717 |
| 2009 | 6 | 16,299 |
| 2012 | 5 | 18,306 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,034 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 78 | 514 |
| 2010 | 73 | 549 |
| 2011 | 72 | 562 |
| 2012 | 46 | 825 |
| 2013 | 25 | 1,324 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,783 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |

## People named Kirsty

- Kirsty MacColl, British singer (1959–2000)
- Kirsty Gilmour, badminton player
- Kirsty Hawkshaw, British singer and songwriter
- Kirsty Dillon, British actress
- Kirsty Mitchell, British actress
- Kirsty Hume, British model
- Kirsty Balfour, British swimmer, Olympic athlete, world championships silver medallist
- Kirsty Duncan, Canadian politician (1966–2026)

## 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.