Is Kerstin a boy or girl name?

Kerstin is a girl’s name. Of the 2,537 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Kerstin

Recorded 1950–2021 · United States

Kerstin was most popular in 1998, when 97 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,868 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,537 people named Kerstin.

Kerstin over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kerstin’s peak in 1998. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kerstin a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kerstin is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,537 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Kerstin

Where Kerstin is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org