Kirsty

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Kirsty: Recorded every year since 1971, it reached #33 in 1999, and it stood at #638 in 2024.

6registrars recorded it
118times a registrar ranked it
54years from first to last
#33highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kirsty's record

Ranked every year since 1971, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
England and Wales registered 1,202 births with the name in 1996, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#53
1997	#63
1998	#69
1999	#94
2000	#98
2001	#112
2002	#113
2003	#169
2004	#184
2005	#216
2006	#254
2007	#365
2008	#456
2009	#514
2010	#549
2011	#562
2012	#825
2013	#1324
2014	#1562
2015	#1783
2016	#2547
2017	#2341
2018	#2340
2019	#4686
2020	#2843
2021	#3519
2022	#4645
2023	#4709

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 35 of the 41 years from 1973 to 2013.

In 2013: #894 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1324 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1971–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1971
First recorded at #92 among girls in New Zealand in 1971 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2011
Highest recorded position: #33 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1997–2011).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Kirsty appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 35 ranked years and 627 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Girls, from 1971.

Kirsty across 5 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.

Kirsty'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	#402 (1973)	#119 (1996)	#894 (2013)	35 of 41	627 (1973–2013)	44 (1996)
England and Wales · Girls	#53 (1996)	#53 (1996)	#4709 (2023)	28 of 28	6,384 (1996–2023)	1,202 (1996)
New Zealand · Girls	#92 (1971)	#42 (1977)	#76 (1993)	23 of 23	2,083 (1971–1993)	117 (1976)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#88 (1973)	#59 (1975)	#62 (1991)	16 of 19	1,723 (1973–1991)	146 (1974)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#39 (1997)	#33 (1999)	#311 (2011)	15 of 15	456 (1997–2011)	70 (1999)

Kirsty by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Kirsty in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	12	3 of 10	4
1980s	99	8 of 10	12
1990sbusiest	309	10 of 10	31
2000s	183	10 of 10	18
2010s	24	4 of 10	6

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 31 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Kirsty 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 6 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #33 in Northern Ireland in 1999.

Kirsty'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#825	46	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#562	72	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#549	73	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#514	78	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#456	91	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#365	119	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#254	184	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#216	221	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#184	264	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#169	291	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#113	403	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#112	428	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#98	525	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#94	579	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#69	792	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#63	898	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#53	1,202	High	Verified
1991	New South Wales, Australia	female	#62	118	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	female	#60	129	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	female	#72	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	female	#67	120	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	female	#75	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	female	#98	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	female	#83	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	female	#86	94	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	female	#73	114	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	female	#74	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	female	#65	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	146	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	female	#88	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New Zealand	female	#76	63	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	female	#68	75	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	female	#68	78	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	female	#83	60	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	female	#72	74	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	female	#59	90	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	female	#71	74	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	female	#45	104	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	female	#48	97	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	female	#43	106	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	female	#56	88	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	female	#54	88	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	female	#55	87	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	female	#44	103	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	female	#45	106	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	female	#51	94	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	female	#42	113	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	female	#46	117	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	female	#58	103	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	female	#62	97	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	female	#60	114	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	female	#82	76	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	female	#92	76	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#213	9	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#174	11	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#152	14	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#147	14	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#170	11	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#96	21	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#65	31	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#60	34	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#73	29	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#52	45	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#53	42	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#33	70	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#46	56	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#39	64	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#379	12	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#546	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	13	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	19	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	21	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	20	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#134	33	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#147	28	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#151	26	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#177	20	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	25	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	36	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	44	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	33	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#125	42	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	34	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	37	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	20	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#214	18	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	26	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	23	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	13	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	7	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1971 and 2024, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #33, first reached in 1999.

It held a top-100 place in 33 years, 23 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,202 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1973, and 53 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.

Kirstie · #194, 28y
Kirstin · #229, 18y
Kirstyn · #316, 13y
Kishan · #379, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Keira · #33, 49y
Penelope · #32, 54y
Angelina · #35, 51y
Angus · #35, 50y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Billie · #33, 35y
Esme · #33, 33y
Jay · #33, 49y
Keira · #33, 49y

Kirsty was ranked #33 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 1999. 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.

Kirsty 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 Kirsty without appearing here.

Kirsty moved ahead of

Jude Compare
In 2000 they stood at #533 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2001 that had become #147 and #441.
Judith Compare
In 2007 they stood at #705 and #624 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #546 and #750.
Gail Compare
In 1985 they stood at #389 and #343 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1986 that had become #275 and #458.
Carol Compare
In 2009 they stood at #705 and #505 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #510 and #663.

Moved ahead of Kirsty

Logan Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #1703.
Janice Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3519 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #1948.
Marilyn Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #2040.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Kirsty

Alexandra Compare
Between 1973 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kirsty went from #402 to #894 while Alexandra went from #271 to #90.
Amy Compare
Between 1973 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kirsty went from #402 to #894 while Amy went from #218 to #26.
Anna Compare
Between 1973 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kirsty went from #402 to #894 while Anna went from #64 to #12.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1973 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kirsty went from #402 to #894 while Caoimhe went from #292 to #19.

Moved the same way as Kirsty

Alma Compare
Between 1973 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kirsty went from #402 to #894 and Alma from #262 to #660.
Camilla Compare
Between 1973 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kirsty went from #402 to #894 and Camilla from #349 to #660.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1973 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kirsty went from #402 to #894 and Deirdre from #7 to #747.
Diane Compare
Between 1973 and 2013 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Kirsty went from #402 to #894 and Diane from #165 to #747.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 6 regions, from 1971 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #33 in Northern Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kirsty

Kirsty at a glance

What stands out in Kirsty's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kirsty across 5 official records

Kirsty by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kirsty appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kirsty

Kirsty and the names beside it

Kirsty moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kirsty

Moved the opposite way to Kirsty

Moved the same way as Kirsty

Kirsty at a glance

What stands out in Kirsty's record

Kirsty across 5 official records

Kirsty by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Kirsty appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kirsty

Kirsty and the names beside it

Kirsty moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kirsty

Moved the opposite way to Kirsty

Moved the same way as Kirsty