Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kyrsten is a form of Kirsten. Kirsten comes from North Germanic, and ultimately from Norwegian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kyrsten through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,995
- 0 boys · 1,995 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 104 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −59%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 104 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,858 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kyrsten’s family of names
In English usage, Kyrsten has a related form in Kirsten.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Kyrsten
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Kyrsten, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.