Kirk
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #11,780 · #2,539 for boys in 2025, 52 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1962 · 2,560 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 68,067since 1880
Kirk over time
Rank among boys' names. Kirk has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | #2,539 | 52 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,559 | 52 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,541 | 52 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,493 | 55 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,134 | 67 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,094 | 67 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,938 | 76 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,046 | 70 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,661 | 95 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,863 | 80 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,691 | 92 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,536 | 104 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,468 | 112 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,602 | 97 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,601 | 96 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,558 | 102 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,497 | 111 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,633 | 95 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,350 | 124 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,345 | 121 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,143 | 141 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,128 | 140 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,001 | 158 | |
| 2002 | — | #976 | 161 | |
| 2001 | — | #882 | 178 | |
| 2000 | — | #845 | 189 | |
| 1999 | — | #735 | 221 | |
| 1998 | — | #717 | 231 | |
| 1997 | — | #582 | 317 | |
| 1996 | — | #593 | 303 | |
| 1995 | — | #575 | 316 | |
| 1994 | — | #520 | 379 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #497 | 418 |
| 1992 | — | #430 | 515 | |
| 1991 | — | #405 | 562 | |
| 1990 | — | #347 | 698 | |
| 1989 | — | #290 | 845 | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #287 | 803 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #297 | 724 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #316 | 642 |
| 1985 | — | #299 | 681 | |
| 1984 | — | #293 | 691 | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #311 | 634 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #301 | 661 |
| 1981 | — | #285 | 716 | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #272 | 789 |
| 1979 | — | #261 | 807 | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #273 | 716 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #238 | 881 |
| 1976 | — | #228 | 890 | |
| 1975 | — | #214 | 1,001 | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #196 | 1,122 |
| 1973 | — | #188 | 1,211 | |
| 1972 | — | #180 | 1,350 | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #159 | 1,744 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #158 | 1,919 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #148 | 2,073 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #143 | 2,012 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #143 | 1,995 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #154 | 1,839 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #152 | 2,057 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #147 | 2,232 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #139 | 2,476 |
| 1962 | — | #138 | 2,560 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #140 | 2,513 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | #142 | 2,447 |
| 1959 | — | #145 | 2,407 | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #147 | 2,340 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #154 | 2,182 |
| 1956 | — | #162 | 1,908 | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #172 | 1,628 |
| 1954 | — | #190 | 1,375 | |
| 1953 | — | #197 | 1,233 | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #199 | 1,122 |
| 1951 | — | #205 | 998 | |
| 1950 | — | #199 | 1,030 | |
| 1949 | — | #241 | 731 | |
| 1948 | — | #369 | 338 | |
| 1947 | — | #377 | 334 | |
| 1946 | — | #405 | 248 | |
| 1945 | — | #416 | 209 | |
| 1944 | — | #404 | 220 | |
| 1943 | — | #431 | 209 | |
| 1942 | — | #472 | 169 | |
| 1941 | — | #459 | 166 | |
| 1940 | — | #505 | 131 | |
| 1939 | — | #558 | 105 | |
| 1938 | — | #672 | 80 | |
| 1937 | — | #706 | 72 | |
| 1936 | — | #832 | 53 | |
| 1935 | — | #790 | 61 | |
| 1934 | — | #798 | 60 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,202 | 30 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,157 | 34 | |
| 1931 | — | #997 | 44 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,021 | 45 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,055 | 42 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,165 | 37 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,293 | 32 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,192 | 36 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,073 | 42 | |
| 1924 | — | #993 | 50 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,076 | 44 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,107 | 41 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,448 | 27 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,208 | 36 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,097 | 39 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,231 | 32 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,062 | 39 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,043 | 38 | |
| 1915 | — | #980 | 41 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,019 | 30 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,049 | 23 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,095 | 18 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #786 | 10 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | #597 | 12 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Kirk was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Kirk
- 20 spots since 2024 (#2,559 → #2,539)
- 445 spots since 2020 (#2,094 → #2,539)
- 848 spots since 2015 (#1,691 → #2,539)
- Biggest jump: 673 spots in 1901 (#1,310 → #637)
- Biggest drop: 467 spots in 1906 (#786 → #1,253)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1962 at #138 (2,560 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1934–2002
- Highest: 1 in 808 boys born in 1962 were named Kirk (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,848 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 32.6% of all boys named Kirk (22,204) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 40 | #611 (1882) | #715 |
| 1890s | 48 | #597 (1892) | #881 |
| 1900s | 68 | #637 (1901) | #950 |
| 1910s | 284 | #859 (1910) | #1,047 |
| 1920s | 387 | #993 (1924) | #1,161 |
| 1930s | 584 | #558 (1939) | #873 |
| 1940s | 2,755 | #241 (1949) | #408 |
| 1950s | 16,223 | #145 (1959) | #177 |
| 1960s | 22,204 | #138 (1962) | #145 |
| 1970s | 11,641 | #158 (1970) | #210 |
| 1980s | 7,186 | #272 (1980) | #295 |
| 1990s | 3,960 | #347 (1990) | #540 |
| 2000s | 1,418 | #845 (2000) | #1,180 |
| 2010s | 924 | #1,468 (2013) | #1,696 |
| 2020s | 345 | #2,094 (2020) | #2,393 |
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.
Kirk in 1952
Top girls' names in 1952
Top boys' names in 1952
More about 1952
girls
1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 231,792 of them was named Kirk, which outranked 35.5% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,796Wyona9
- #3,796Zonia9
- #3,796Zulma9
- #4,123Kirk8
- #4,123Adah8
- #4,123Adena8
- #4,123Adonica8
- #4,483Adline7
- #4,483Albertina7
- #4,483Aleeta7
Tied with 359 names at #4,123; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 1,732 of them was named Kirk, which outranked 95.3% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.