girls:
423 births since 1978
#5293 (7th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1978
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
429 births since 1978
#7310 (6th percentile)
The name Kearston is the #7,310 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 429 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 5.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,293 (7.4% percentile) for all time with 423 births since 1978. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1978.
Kearston first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 . Birth data for Kearston is available in 34 out of the 38 years between 1978 and 2015 (34 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kearston has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kearston reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #740) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2015.
For boys, Kearston reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #675) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1978.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kearston".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kearston. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.5% confident that Kearston is pronounced as KIHR-stuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEAR-stuhn, at 31.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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