Kirk
Kirk is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 52 births. Its best rank was 138th, in 1963.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 520.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19622,558 births
- Best rank
- #138in 1963
- Since 1880
- 68,020people given the name
The story in the numbers
68,020 boys have been named Kirk in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 2,558 births — 0.12% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 52 births in 2024, against 2,558 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1965, and the 1960s alone account for 33%. It has spent 86 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Kirk | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 40 | |
| 1890s | 48 | |
| 1900s | 68 | |
| 1910s | 284 | |
| 1920s | 387 | |
| 1930s | 584 | |
| 1940s | 2,755 | |
| 1950s | 16,223 | |
| 1960s | 22,206 | |
| 1970s | 11,642 | |
| 1980s | 7,187 | |
| 1990s | 3,961 | |
| 2000s | 1,418 | |
| 2010s | 924 | |
| 2020s | 293 |
In 1962, its biggest year
Kirk was the 139th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1962 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1962.
Names that rose and fell with Kirk
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kurtpeak 1964
- Dirkpeak 1954
- Markpeak 1960
- Jefforypeak 1967
- Jefferypeak 1962
- Curtpeak 1960
- Craigpeak 1960
- Jeffreypeak 1962
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.