Kirsti
Kirsti is a feminine given name. Related names include Kersti, Kirsten, Kjersti. Notable people with the name include:Kirsti Andersen, Danish historian of mathematics Kirsti Bergstø, Norwegian politician Kirsti Biermann, Norwegian speed skater Kirsti Blom, Norwegian author Kirsti Coward, Norwegian judge Kirsti Eskelinen, Finnish diplomat Kirsti Huke, Norwegian singer and composer Kirsti Ilvessalo…
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Kirsti
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kirsti is a feminine given name. Related names include Kersti, Kirsten, Kjersti. Notable people with the name include:Kirsti Andersen, Danish historian of mathematics Kirsti Bergstø, Norwegian politician Kirsti Biermann, Norwegian speed skater Kirsti Blom, Norwegian author Kirsti Coward, Norwegian judge Kirsti Eskelinen, Finnish diplomat Kirsti Huke, Norwegian singer and composer Kirsti Ilvessalo…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
The Story of Kirsti
The earliest SSA record of Kirsti as a baby girl name dates back to 1952, when 5 babies received it. 1991 was its biggest year on record, with 106 newborns named Kirsti — #1,484 in the national rankings. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 50% of all recorded Kirstis. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2007 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 1K Kirstis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kirsti
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About the name Kirsti
Kirsti is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1952 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Kirsti's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #1,484. Use the chart and map above to compare Kirsti'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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