Kirstine

Girls' name

A Christian person, a Christian, through Christine

Kirstine has been given to 126 babies in the U.S. since 1957. 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 1990, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Kirstine, 1997

1 in 604,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kirstine: meaning, origin, and history

A Christian person, a Christian, through Christine

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kirstine means

Kirstine belongs to the name family reached through Kirstine → Christine → Christian → Chrīstiānus. Its meaning is “a Christian person, a Christian”.

Origin, language, and formation

Kirstine is used in Danish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Christine, Christian and Chrīstiānus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 126 girls were recorded with the name Kirstine between 1957 and 1997. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1990; its best national rank was #5,701 in 1969.

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 Kirstine?

Kirstine had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1997, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1997: 1 in 604,000; 6 of 3,624,676 births
Among girls only: 1 in 290,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1997: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 418,740 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kirstine 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 1997 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 418,740 children born in 1997 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kirstine. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kirstines were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kirstine was born before 1989 — so the typical Kirstine is around 36 today.

Median birth year: 1989; About 36 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 44.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 75.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 126; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 44.4% of all recorded uses (56).

Is Kirstine 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 1990 (13)
Years since peak: 35; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,701; 1969

Spellings of Kirstine

Kirstine is not the most common spelling — Kristine is, with 51.7% against Kirstine's 0.08%.

Kristine51.7%84,329
Kirsten32.6%53,181
Kirstin5.4%8,778
Kirstie2.5%4,151
Kierstin2.0%3,270
Kerstin1.6%2,537
Kirstyn1.4%2,309
Kyrstin0.78%1,274

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.

Kirstine around the world

Where Kirstine ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

Scotland
1974–1992
#641
in 1992
South Australia
1965–1993
#712
in 1993

Popularity data from National Records of Scotland and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kirstine 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: #5,701; 1969
Peak year: 1990; 13 that year
First recorded: 1957
Last recorded: 1997
All-time count: 126
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kirstine

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

Kirstina Maclaine Apolline Kirstein Jadeline Addaline Peregrine Kirandeep Kiralynn Mazarine Sistine Maddeline Adyline Kiriana Josaphine Adeleine Opaline Yassmine Olivine Glendine Kateline Mabeline Shalaine Fontaine

Sibling names for Kirstine

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

Mai Shante Jessika Brittni Stefani Yessenia Alesha Chantal

For a brother

Laron Dejuan Antwon Akeem Tyron Shay Elizabeth Bradly

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