Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Kerstin

Gender

Female

Origin

Germanic
Follower of Christ.
Swedish

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Kerstin

Pronunciation

k(e)-rs-tin, ker-stin

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #1655, 97 births); most recent 2021 (rank #15244, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20215
2020–
2019–
20186
20175
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #2406, 6 births); most recent 2005 (rank #4785, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1991 (rank #2911, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence