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Girl name

Kirsty

100% girls · last recorded 2013

Kirsty has been given to about 945 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1991, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 921
Median age today35 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Kirsty per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1991 · 99
  • Born in 20250
  • All time945

How popular is Kirsty?

Its best year was 1991, when 99 babies were given the name, ranking 1559th. The typical living American called Kirsty is about 35 years old today.

Names that sound like Kirsty

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Misty0.75
  2. Kristy0.75
  3. Kitty0.75
  4. Cristy0.72
  5. Christy0.68
  6. Kirby0.69
  7. Kirstin0.69
  8. Kirsten0.61

Middle names for Kirsty

Ranked by flow score
  1. Kirsty Anne0.81
  2. Kirsty Eve0.80
  3. Kirsty Elizabeth0.78
  4. Kirsty Catherine0.78
  5. Kirsty Josephine0.78
  6. Kirsty Rose0.77

Sibling names for Kirsty

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Dariusbrother · 0.67
  2. Biancasister · 0.67
  3. Ravensister · 0.66
  4. Codybrother · 0.65
  5. Marinasister · 0.64
  6. Juliobrother · 0.61

Where Kirsty is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Kirsty Anderson0.77
    2. Kirsty Reyes0.72
    3. Kirsty Nguyen0.72
    4. Kirsty Moore0.72
    5. Kirsty Lee0.72
    6. Kirsty Hall0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Kirsty

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.