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How popular is “Kersten” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kersten” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kersten” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kersten” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kersten” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kersten” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kersten” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kersten” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1963 6 0.000001516 6 100%
1964 14 0.000003601 14 100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 100%
1969 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1970 16 0.000004436 16 100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 100%
1972 16 0.000005091 16 100%
1973 12 0.000003978 12 100%
1974 19 0.00000625 19 100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 100%
1976 13 0.000004284 13 100%
1977 14 0.000004407 14 100%
1978 13 0.000004096 13 100%
1979 19 0.000005711 19 100%
1980 15 0.000004355 15 100%
1981 17 0.000004914 17 100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 100%
1983 14 0.000004042 14 100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 100%
1987 16 0.000004438 16 100%
1988 19 0.000005142 19 100%
1989 30 0.000007803 30 100%
1990 40 0.00001012 40 100%
1991 36 0.000009242 36 100%
1992 37 0.000009632 37 100%
1993 35 0.000009283 35 100%
1994 39 0.00001049 39 100%
1995 39 0.000010649 39 100%
1996 44 0.000012064 44 100%
1997 46 0.000012687 46 100%
1998 32 0.0000087 32 100%
1999 31 0.000008392 31 100%
2000 44 0.000011641 44 100%
2001 26 0.000006946 26 100%
2002 12 0.00000321 12 100%
2003 18 0.000004734 18 100%
2004 18 0.000004711 18 100%
2005 7 0.000001821 7 100%
2006 10 0.000002528 10 100%
2007 14 0.000003502 14 100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%

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