Kirsi

Girls' name

Cherry

Kirsi has been given to 115 babies in the U.S. since 1994. 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 2002, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Kirsi, 2023

1 in 663,000

Kirsi over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kirsi: meaning, origin, and history

Cherry

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kirsi means

Kirsi means “cherry”, associated with kirsikka.

Origin, language, and formation

Kirsi is used in Estonian and Finnish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kristiina and Kirsti.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Kirsi is pronounced /ˈkirsi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 115 girls were recorded with the name Kirsi between 1994 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2002; its best national rank was #8,560 in 2002.

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 Kirsi?

Kirsi had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,314,783 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 459,528 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kirsi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 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 459,528 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kirsi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kirsis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kirsi was born before 2008 — so the typical Kirsi is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 32.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 73.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 115; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 32.2% of all recorded uses (37).

Is Kirsi 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2002 (12)
Years since peak: 23; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 21.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,560; 2002

Spellings of Kirsi

Kirsi is not the most common spelling — Kari is, with 23.1% against Kirsi's 0.04%.

Kari23.1%59,696
Kira15.8%40,829
Kerri14.3%37,021
Keri12.4%32,061
Kori5.7%14,822
Karli4.2%10,960
Kelsi3.9%10,151
Kirstin3.4%8,778

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.

Kirsi by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,560; 2002
Peak year: 2002; 12 that year
First recorded: 1994
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 115
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kirsi

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

Kirpa Kirat Kirbi Kirti Kiryn Kirie Kirah Jhersi Kirrah Kiren Kirin Kirk Kirana Jersi Marsi Darsi Kirbie Kiria Kiran Kirsta Kirsha Kiri Kirra Kiriana

Sibling names for Kirsi

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

For a sister

Iyana Alize Lisbeth Vanesa Shakira Shreya Anastacia Delanie

For a brother

Dallin Zakary Donavan Alexandre Jaylon Jaylin Destin Jair

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