Kerstin
Kerstin is a female German and Swedish given name; it is the European version of Christina.
- Swedish
- German
Meaning & Origin of Kerstin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kerstin is a female German and Swedish given name; it is the European version of Christina.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- German
The Story of Kerstin
American parents first put Kerstin on the record books as a baby girl name in 1950, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 97 Kerstins were born — ranking #1,657 that year. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 31% of all recorded Kerstins. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2021 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 3K Kerstins have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kerstin
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About the name Kerstin
Kerstin is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1950 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Kerstin's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #1,657. Use the chart and map above to compare Kerstin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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