Kjersten

girls:

305 births since 1971

#5411 (5th percentile)

overall:

305 births since 1971

#7434 (4th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Kjersten is the #7,434 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 305 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 3.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,411 (5.3% percentile) for all time with 305 births since 1971.

Kjersten first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (first recorded for girls in 1971). Birth data for Kjersten is available in 33 out of the 42 years between 1971 and 2012. 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.

For girls, Kjersten reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #814) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2012.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kjersten".

1971 2012 19712012

Key Statistics

Total Births
305
Peak Births
14
Peak Year
1989
First Recorded
1971
Peak Percentile
1.3%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#814
Current Rank
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Kjersten

Our model has identified 13 different pronunciations for the name Kjersten. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 22.5% confident that Kjersten is pronounced as KYAIR-stuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KYER-stuhn, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.

KYAIR-stuhn (2 syllables)
22.5% confidence
K Y EH1 R S T AH0 N
KYER-stuhn (2 syllables)
20.0% confidence
K Y ER1 S T AH0 N
KIHR-stehn (2 syllables)
10.0% confidence
K IH1 R S T EH0 N
KJAIR-stuhn (2 syllables)
7.5% confidence
K JH EH1 R S T AH0 N
KJAIR-stehn (2 syllables)
5.0% confidence
K JH EH1 R S T EH0 N
KJER-stuhn (2 syllables)
5.0% confidence
K JH ER1 S T AH0 N
KYER-stehn (2 syllables)
2.5% confidence
K Y ER1 S T EH0 N
SHAY-er-stuhn (3 syllables)
2.5% confidence
SH EY1 ER0 S T AH0 N
kih-er-stehn (3 syllables)
2.5% confidence
K IH0 ER0 S T EH0 N
kjer-stehn (2 syllables)
2.5% confidence
K JH ER0 S T EH0 N
SHAIR-stihn (2 syllables)
2.5% confidence
SH EH1 R S T IH0 N
CHIHR-stuhn (2 syllables)
2.5% confidence
CH IH1 R S T AH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K Y EH1 R S T AH0 N) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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