Kirby
#2,645 for girls in 2025, 65 births · #3,240 for boys in 2025, 36 births
Given to boys 78.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1954 · 326 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,532since 1881
Kirby over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,645 | 65 | #3,240 | 36 |
| 2024 | #2,533 | 70 | #2,559 | 52 |
| 2023 | #3,014 | 55 | #2,737 | 47 |
| 2022 | #2,756 | 62 | #2,873 | 44 |
| 2021 | #2,751 | 62 | #3,074 | 39 |
| 2020 | #3,735 | 39 | #2,467 | 52 |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 | #2,851 | 43 |
| 2018 | #3,396 | 46 | #2,507 | 51 |
| 2017 | #4,304 | 33 | #2,715 | 45 |
| 2016 | #4,531 | 31 | #2,726 | 44 |
| 2015 | #4,853 | 28 | #2,355 | 55 |
| 2014 | #4,544 | 31 | #2,885 | 40 |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 | #2,668 | 44 |
| 2012 | #4,707 | 30 | #2,551 | 48 |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | #2,437 | 51 |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 | #2,467 | 50 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 | #2,623 | 47 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #2,542 | 49 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | #2,117 | 64 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #2,348 | 53 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 | #2,325 | 50 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 | #1,989 | 60 |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | #2,077 | 54 |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 | #1,792 | 64 |
| 2001 | #3,316 | 41 | #1,481 | 82 |
| 2000 | #2,854 | 50 | #1,609 | 73 |
| 1999 | #2,527 | 56 | #1,374 | 86 |
| 1998 | #2,104 | 69 | #1,224 | 100 |
| 1997 | #2,138 | 65 | #1,096 | 115 |
| 1996 | #1,431 | 115 | #969 | 131 |
| 1995 | #1,562 | 97 | #978 | 129 |
| 1994 | #1,400 | 115 | #948 | 136 |
| 1993 | #1,211 | 143 | #804 | 173 |
| 1992 | #1,183 | 148 | #742 | 194 |
| 1991 | #1,205 | 143 | #771 | 177 |
| 1990 | #1,088 | 162 | #785 | 167 |
| 1989 | #1,091 | 153 | #701 | 196 |
| 1988 | #1,051 | 152 | #687 | 186 |
| 1987 | #1,016 | 152 | #861 | 117 |
| 1986 | #981 | 161 | #796 | 130 |
| 1985 | #758 | 225 | #788 | 127 |
| 1984 | #526 | 367 | #730 | 142 |
| 1983 | #718 | 232 | #706 | 147 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #1,023 | 78 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #833 | 111 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #871 | 104 |
| 1979 | — | #838 | 107 | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #914 | 89 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #751 | 129 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #763 | 118 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #684 | 145 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #674 | 146 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #646 | 151 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #480 | 266 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #476 | 290 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #672 | 148 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #592 | 173 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #547 | 190 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #537 | 192 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #557 | 188 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | #527 | 212 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #513 | 230 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #506 | 253 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #478 | 277 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | #474 | 291 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | #433 | 345 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 | #430 | 343 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | #425 | 342 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 | #411 | 357 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #411 | 344 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #450 | 271 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #396 | 326 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #415 | 288 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | #429 | 265 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #430 | 247 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #441 | 226 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #469 | 197 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #474 | 199 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #466 | 209 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | #460 | 191 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | #586 | 106 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #585 | 110 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #534 | 139 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #523 | 136 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #541 | 120 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #585 | 102 |
| 1939 | — | #587 | 96 | |
| 1938 | — | #710 | 74 | |
| 1937 | — | #584 | 97 | |
| 1936 | — | #637 | 82 | |
| 1935 | — | #741 | 68 | |
| 1934 | — | #708 | 74 | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #799 | 59 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #793 | 64 |
| 1931 | — | #901 | 51 | |
| 1930 | — | #797 | 66 | |
| 1929 | — | #752 | 71 | |
| 1928 | — | #862 | 59 | |
| 1927 | — | #951 | 53 | |
| 1926 | — | #726 | 77 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #984 | 48 |
| 1924 | — | #797 | 71 | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #873 | 61 |
| 1922 | — | #871 | 62 | |
| 1921 | — | #920 | 58 | |
| 1920 | — | #887 | 60 | |
| 1919 | — | #908 | 54 | |
| 1918 | — | #918 | 52 | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #833 | 59 |
| 1916 | — | #840 | 55 | |
| 1915 | — | #785 | 59 | |
| 1914 | — | #884 | 38 | |
| 1913 | — | #897 | 30 | |
| 1912 | — | #892 | 25 | |
| 1911 | — | #759 | 18 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #804 | 13 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | #778 | 12 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #584 | 13 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Kirby! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Kirby
- 681 spots since 2024 (#2,559 → #3,240)
- 773 spots since 2020 (#2,467 → #3,240)
- 885 spots since 2015 (#2,355 → #3,240)
- Biggest jump: 475 spots in 1907 (#1,253 → #778)
- Biggest drop: 334 spots in 1906 (#919 → #1,253)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1954 at #396 (326 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1907–1981
- Highest: 1 in 6,043 boys born in 1957 were named Kirby (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 47,447 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #396 in 1954, was only 1 in 6,254 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.7% of all boys named Kirby (3,009) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2020, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 56 | #498 (1885) | #736 |
| 1890s | 93 | #566 (1890) | #721 |
| 1900s | 88 | #699 (1900) | #914 |
| 1910s | 403 | #759 (1911) | #858 |
| 1920s | 620 | #726 (1926) | #862 |
| 1930s | 731 | #584 (1937) | #726 |
| 1940s | 1,509 | #460 (1946) | #522 |
| 1950s | 3,009 | #396 (1954) | #424 |
| 1960s | 2,351 | #433 (1960) | #516 |
| 1970s | 1,589 | #476 (1971) | #690 |
| 1980s | 1,338 | #687 (1988) | #800 |
| 1990s | 1,408 | #742 (1992) | #969 |
| 2000s | 596 | #1,481 (2001) | #2,090 |
| 2010s | 471 | #2,355 (2015) | #2,616 |
| 2020s | 270 | #2,467 (2020) | #2,825 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kirby in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 208,508 of them was named Kirby, which outranked 39.3% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,804Yuki9
- #6,804Yury9
- #6,804Zarina9
- #7,409Kirby8
- #7,409Aaren8
- #7,409Aarin8
- #7,409Abigael8
- #8,128Aarika7
- #8,128Abbigale7
- #8,128Abbye7
Tied with 718 names at #7,409; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 16,137 of them was named Kirby, which outranked 88.6% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).