Kirkland
Kirkland is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1997122 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1914
- 2,159people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,159 boys have been named Kirkland in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1997, with 122 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1989, and the 1990s alone account for 31%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Kirkland | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | |
| 1920s | 34 | |
| 1930s | 13 | |
| 1940s | 88 | |
| 1950s | 208 | |
| 1960s | 273 | |
| 1970s | 196 | |
| 1980s | 249 | |
| 1990s | 667 | |
| 2000s | 252 | |
| 2010s | 110 | |
| 2020s | 49 |
In 1997, its biggest year
Kirkland was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1997 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Christopher and Joshua. See all of 1997.
Names that rose and fell with Kirkland
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cordellpeak 1998
- Jaretpeak 1998
- Jawanpeak 1997
- Tyrikpeak 1998
- Mitchellpeak 1994
- Juwanpeak 1997
- Mikalpeak 1993
- Stephonpeak 1997
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.