Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kersten

#7,480 most common girls' name of all time · #12,550 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1963–2015

Rank among girls
#7,480
Rank overall
#12,550 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
918
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1997 #2,707
Best rank
#2,707 1997
Girls Boys peak 46/yr
19802000

Kersten first appears in 1963. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2015 5 — 5 #16,858
2011 6 — 6 #15,139
2010 5 — 5 #17,402
2009 7 — 7 #13,995
2007 14 — 14 #8,651
2006 10 — 10 #10,792
2005 7 — 7 #13,300
2004 18 — 18 #6,570
2003 18 — 18 #6,392
2002 12 — 12 #8,411
2001 26 — 26 #4,606
2000 44 — 44 #3,148
1999 31 — 31 #3,843
1998 32 — 32 #3,686
1997 46 — 46 #2,707
1996 44 — 44 #2,776
1995 39 — 39 #3,005
1994 39 — 39 #3,013
1993 35 — 35 #3,253
1992 37 — 37 #3,118
1991 36 — 36 #3,125
1990 40 — 40 #2,869
1989 30 — 30 #3,441
1988 19 — 19 #4,583
1987 16 — 16 #4,982
1986 9 — 9 #7,409
1985 10 — 10 #6,679
1984 9 — 9 #7,079
1983 14 — 14 #5,022
1982 11 — 11 #6,149
1981 17 — 17 #4,463
1980 15 — 15 #4,896
1979 19 — 19 #3,994
1978 13 — 13 #5,113
1977 14 — 14 #4,840
1976 13 — 13 #4,791
1975 11 — 11 #5,393
1974 19 — 19 #3,528
1973 12 — 12 #4,782
1972 16 — 16 #3,860
1971 15 — 15 #4,085
1970 16 — 16 #3,860
1969 8 — 8 #5,849
1968 15 — 15 #3,595
1967 9 — 9 #4,950
1966 8 — 8 #5,236
1965 9 — 9 #4,805
1964 14 — 14 #3,688
1963 6 — 6 #6,544