Kirstie

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kirstie: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kirstie: Recorded since 1987, it reached #194 in 1997, and it was last ranked in 2017.

3registrars recorded it
41times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#194highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2017

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#246
1997	#304
1998	#334
1999	#419
2000	#506
2001	#557
2002	#564
2003	#607
2004	#912
2005	#866
2006	#1153
2007	#1656
2008	#1914
2009	#1752
2010	#2843
2011	#2893
2012	#3681
2013	#3160
2014	#4684
2015	#4103
2017	#5765

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 15 of the 26 years from 1987 to 2012.

In 2012: #907 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3681 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1987–2017 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1987
First recorded at #446 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1987 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2001
Highest recorded position: #194 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2001).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #5765 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017.
England and Wales · Girls

Kirstie appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 21 ranked years and 833 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1987.

Kirstie across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kirstie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#446 (1987)	#293 (1998)	#907 (2012)	15 of 26	80 (1987–2012)	10 (1991)
England and Wales · Girls	#246 (1996)	#246 (1996)	#5765 (2017)	21 of 22	833 (1996–2017)	160 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#194 (1997)	#194 (1997)	#343 (2001)	5 of 5	30 (1997–2001)	9 (1997)

Kirstie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kirstie in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	458	4 of 10	115
2000sbusiest	334	10 of 10	33
2010s	41	7 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 33 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1996 and 1997, when recorded births fell by 41, from 160 to 119.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kirstie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1987 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #194 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Kirstie's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1153	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#866	32	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#912	29	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#607	48	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#564	52	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#557	50	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#506	57	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#419	74	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#334	105	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#304	119	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#246	160	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#213	7	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#194	9	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#293	8	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	9	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#350	7	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#442	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1987 and 2017, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #194, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 160 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kirsten · #20, 80y
Kirsti · #43, 63y
Kirstin · #229, 18y
Kirsty · #33, 54y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kallum · #194, 28y
Kendra · #194, 29y
Ayat · #193, 26y
Keane · #193, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Ilyas · #194, 34y
Ned · #193, 31y
Anas · #196, 42y
Caomhan · #192, 20y

Kirstie was ranked #194 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kirstie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kirstie without appearing here.

Kirstie moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 1993 they stood at #356 and #340 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1994 that had become #350 and #502.
Cassandra Compare
In 2010 they stood at #862 and #665 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #798 and #937.
Kristine Compare
In 2010 they stood at #606 and #606 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #798 and #937.
Vicki Compare
In 1990 they stood at #517 and #446 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1991 that had become #300 and #365.

Moved ahead of Kirstie

Francis Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3160 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2502.
Malin Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3160 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Finley Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #3583.

Moved the opposite way to Kirstie

Abigail Compare
Between 1987 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kirstie went from #446 to #907 while Abigail went from #417 to #50.
Aimee Compare
Between 1987 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kirstie went from #446 to #907 while Aimee went from #147 to #75.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1987 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kirstie went from #446 to #907 while Alexandra went from #310 to #105.
Alice Compare
Between 1987 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kirstie went from #446 to #907 while Alice went from #116 to #69.

Moved the same way as Kirstie

Audrey Compare
Between 1987 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kirstie went from #446 to #907 and Audrey from #119 to #768.
Diane Compare
Between 1987 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kirstie went from #446 to #907 and Diane from #192 to #768.
Hazel Compare
Between 1987 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kirstie went from #446 to #907 and Hazel from #114 to #172.
Margaret Compare
Between 1987 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kirstie went from #446 to #907 and Margaret from #24 to #174.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1987 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #194 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Kirstie

Kirstie at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kirstie across 3 official records

Kirstie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kirstie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Kirstie at a glance

Kirstie across 3 official records

Kirstie by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kirstie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Kirstie

Kirstie and the names beside it

Kirstie moved ahead of

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