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Girl · Name family

Kirsty

32,035births recorded
12Countries
3Variants
1989Peak · Scotland

Kirsty is a girl name family recorded 32,035 times in 12 countries since 1950. Its all-time peak was in Scotland in 1989, at 1,198.5 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Kirstie (United States).

Popularity by country

Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.

Which form wins where

Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.

Rank in countries that publish top lists only

All forms of Kirsty

VariantsLanguageTotal birthsCountryLatest rankPeak year10-year trend
Kirsty English 13,029 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland – 1989 –
Kirsty English 6,372 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 1996 –
Kirsty English 1,723 🇦🇺 New South Wales – 1975 –
Kirsty English 1,390 🇦🇺 South Australia – 1976 –
Kirsty English 945 🇺🇸 United States – 1991 –
Kirsty English 606 🇮🇪 Ireland – 1994 –
Kirstie English 4,151 🇺🇸 United States – 1991 –
Kirstie English 850 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland – 1991 –
Kirstie English 826 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 1996 –
Kirstie English 115 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1991 –
Kirstie English 74 🇦🇺 South Australia – 1975 –
Kirstie English 53 🇮🇪 Ireland – 1998 –
Kirsti English 1,010 🇺🇸 United States – 1991 –
Kirsti English 59 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland – 1989 –
Kirsti English 15 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1992 –
Kirsti English 14 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 1996 –
Kirsti English 6 🇨🇦 British Columbia – 1990 –
Kirsti English 5 🇦🇺 South Australia – 1972 –

Names with a similar trajectory

Their popularity curve in Scotland correlates closely with Kirsty's.

  1. 1Darren
  2. 2Sarah
  3. 3Michael
  4. 4Jonathan
  5. 5Craig
  6. 6Kerry

How we grouped these names

  • Kirstie ↔ Kirsty — verified against linguistic sources
  • Kirsty ↔ Kirsti — spelling variant

Questions about Kirsty

What is Kirsty in other languages?

Kirstie (English); Kirsti (English).

When was Kirsty most popular?

It peaked in Scotland in 1989, at 1,198.5 births per 100,000.

Is Kirsty a boy or a girl name?

In official birth registers, Kirsty is a girl name.