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Karstin

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A Christian person, a Christian, through Karsten

Karstin has been given to 15 babies in the U.S. since 2010. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2010, with 5 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 67% boys, 33% girls all-time.

Babies named Karstin, 2013

1 in 729,000

Karstin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Karstin over time

In 2013, Karstin went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

20102013

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Karstin: meaning, origin, and history

A Christian person, a Christian, through Karsten

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Karstin means

Karstin belongs to the name family reached through Karstin → Karsten → Carsten → Christian → Chrīstiānus. Its meaning is “a Christian person, a Christian”.

Origin, language, and formation

Karstin is used in Faroese.

Karstin comes through Danish Karsten.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Karsten, Carsten, Christian and Chrīstiānus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Karstin between 2010 and 2013. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2010; its best national rank was #13,105 in 2013.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Karstin between 2010 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2010; its best national rank was #18,385 in 2010.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Karstin?

Karstin had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2013, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2013
1 in 729,000
5 of 3,645,938 births
Among boys only
1 in 378,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2013
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
505,435 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Karstin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2013 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 505,435 children born in 2013 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Karstin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Karstins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Karstin was born before 2010 — so the typical Karstin is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
10
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2010s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Karstin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2010 (5)
Years since peak
15
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Not enough data
Too few years
Best rank ever
#13,105
2013

Spellings of Karstin

Karstin is not the most common spelling — Austin is, with 55.3% against Karstin's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Karstin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#13,105
2013
Peak year
2010
5 that year
First recorded
2010
Last recorded
2013
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#18,385
2010
Peak year
2010
5 that year
First recorded
2010
Last recorded
2010
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Karstin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KarmaniKarsynnKartellKarrollKarrellKarolisKarrionKarlsonKarsyonKaranjaKarlyleKardierKartarKarrienKardaleKarrickKarmariKarcherWynstinKarmellKarvinKarbonKarriKarti

Sibling names for Karstin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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