Kirt

Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037

Peak · boys
1962 · 179 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,615
since 1919

Kirt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kirt has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #583, 1962boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
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2008#11,0376
2007#7,09411
2006#8,7328
2005#11,4725
2004
2003#7,8318
2002
2001#6,44510
2000#7,4168
1999#7,8747
1998#5,46611
1997#4,96012
1996#4,39614
1995#3,55918
1994#3,75117
1993#3,66117
1992#3,33819
1991#2,60626
1990#2,21432
1989#1,85840
1988#2,19728
1987#1,79336
1986#1,96230
1985#1,83432
1984#1,76432
1983#1,37546
1982#1,36248
1981#1,25953
1980#1,27253
1979#1,22156
1978#1,24052
1977#1,22152
1976#1,19052
1975#1,00067
1974#94275
1973#84289
1972#757110
1971#81698
1970#742123
1969#696129
1968#634143
1967#600155
1966#634136
1965#631144
1964#655140
1963#661139
1962#583179
1961#762102
1960#733110
1959#77697
1958#80786
1957#689123
1956#87473
1955#97160
1954#93363
1953#90862
1952#1,13642
1951#1,21836
1950#1,25633
1949#1,58322
1948#1,43026
1947#1,64621
1946#2,40310
1945#2,00912
1944#2,4679
1943#1,91015
1942#2,9407
1941#3,1336
1940#2,6718
1939#2,6098
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1936#3,1476
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1932#3,3616
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1919#3,7366
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five boys were named Kirt! It came in at #3,736, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1931, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Kirt
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
  • Biggest jump: 228 spots in 1953 (#1,136#908)
  • Biggest drop: 190 spots in 1976 (#1,000#1,190)
Rise & fade · boys
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1962 at #583 (179 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1953–1975
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,250
  • Highest: 1 in 11,250 boys born in 1967 were named Kirt (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 340,025 boys born in 2008 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #583 in 1962, was only 1 in 11,557 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 38.1% of all boys named Kirt (1,377) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#3,736 (1919)#3,736
1920s0
1930s20#2,609 (1939)#3,039
1940s136#1,430 (1948)#2,219
1950s675#689 (1957)#957
1960s1,377#583 (1962)#659
1970s774#742 (1970)#997
1980s398#1,259 (1981)#1,668
1990s173#2,214 (1990)#4,183
2000s56#6,445 (2001)#8,575

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.

Kirt in 1964

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#655
140 births · 1 in 14,234 boys

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #655Kirt140
More about 1964

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 14,234 of them was named Kirt, which outranked 85.7% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kirt
  1. #651Fabian141
  2. #651Gus141
  3. #651Sanford141
  4. #655Kirt140
  5. #655Dwain140
  6. #655Jasper140
  7. #658Irving139
  8. #658Omar139
  9. #660Noah138

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1964