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Kirsten

Danish and Norwegian form of Christina.

PronunciationDanish /ˈkiɐ̯s.dn̩/; Norwegian /ˈçɪʂ.tɳ̩/; American English /ˈkɜɹ.stən/; American English /ˈkɪɹ.stən/; British English /ˈkɜː.stən/; British English /ˈkɪə.stən/
Usage languagesDanish, English, German, Norwegian
US rank (2025)#2,822

Meaning and history

Kirsten is the Danish and Norwegian form of Christina.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 783 births, rank #407
2007: 726 births, rank #444
2008: 543 births, rank #567
2009: 454 births, rank #652
2010: 319 births, rank #840
20112011: 309 births, rank #852
2012: 256 births, rank #985
2013: 212 births, rank #1,135
2014: 184 births, rank #1,291
2015: 123 births, rank #1,711
20162016: 150 births, rank #1,512
2017: 107 births, rank #1,889
2018: 89 births, rank #2,130
2019: 60 births, rank #2,784
2020: 70 births, rank #2,468
20212021: 57 births, rank #2,929
2022: 63 births, rank #2,720
2023: 36 births, rank #4,047
2024: 51 births, rank #3,119
20252025: 60 births, rank #2,822

Kirsten moved from #854 to #987 for girls between 2011 and 2012. Its highest annual birth count came in 1991, with 1,931 births.