Kjersti

Girls' name

Form of Christina

Kjersti has been given to 249 babies in the U.S. since 1969. 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 1992, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Kjersti, 2011

1 in 610,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kjersti: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Christina

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kjersti means

Kjersti is a form of Christina.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Kjersti is used in Norwegian.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Kjersti → Christina. The family’s meaning is “Christian (woman)”, recorded in English with the source elements Chrīstiāna.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Christina and Kristine.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 249 girls were recorded with the name Kjersti between 1969 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1992; its best national rank was #4,754 in 1976.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kjersti?

Kjersti had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2011, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2011: 1 in 610,000; 6 of 3,657,935 births
Among girls only: 1 in 293,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2011: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 422,582 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kjersti 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 2011 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 422,582 children born in 2011 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kjersti. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kjerstis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kjersti was born before 1985 — so the typical Kjersti is around 40 today.

Median birth year: 1985; About 40 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 36.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 47.4%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 249; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 36.1% of all recorded uses (90).

Is Kjersti 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 1992 (18)
Years since peak: 33; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 48.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,754; 1976

Spellings of Kjersti

Kjersti is not the most common spelling — Kierstin is, with 46.3% against Kjersti's 3.5%.

Kierstin46.3%3,270
Kerstin35.9%2,537
Kirsti14.3%1,010
Kjersti3.5%249

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.

Kjersti around the world

Where Kjersti 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.

Norway
1880–2024
#478
in 2024
South Australia
1983–1983
#686
in 1983

Popularity data from Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kjersti 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: #4,754; 1976
Peak year: 1992; 18 that year
First recorded: 1969
Last recorded: 2011
All-time count: 249
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Kjersti

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

Majesti Aunesti Ahnesti Shristi Dynasti Kjerstin Kjersten Onesti Honesti Khristi Esti Hasti Vasti Chrysti Rusti Krysti Kiersti Cristi Kersti Kirsti Dusti Sevasti Crysti Ahonesti

Sibling names for Kjersti

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

Shelbi Shelbie Ilana Danyelle Ivonne Maira Stormy Jacquelynn

For a brother

Coty Malcom Edgardo Arnulfo Dillan Devante Shay Rosendo

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