How Many People Are Named Kursten?
An estimated 272 people in the United States have the first name Kursten. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 30 years old, and Kursten peaked in popularity in 1997 with 21 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kursten as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Kursten paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
272
About 1 in 1,260,126 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
30
years old
Peak Year
1997
21 births
Total Registered
281
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kursten
Kursten is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 281 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Kursten as a female name
Ranked #12,143 in 2008
9 female births in 2008
Peak: 1997 (21 births)
Kursten: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kursten span from the 1970s to the 2000s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 129 babies were registered. Kursten remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Kursten by Decade
How has Kursten tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Kursten by State
Kursten + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kursten as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kursten
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kursten: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kursten?
We estimate approximately 272 people named Kursten are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,260,126 Americans share this first name.
Is Kursten a common name?
Kursten is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 281 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kursten most popular?
Kursten reached peak popularity in 1997, when 21 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kursten is approximately 30 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kursten a female name?
Kursten is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kursten Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kursten Smith, Kursten Johnson, Kursten Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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