Dirk
#1,121 most common boys' name of all time · #2,653 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1918–2025
Rank among boys
#1,121
Rank overall
#2,653 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
105 of 146
All-time
10,955
Since 2016
223
Peak year
1954 #341
Best rank
#341 1954
Girls
Boys
peak 438/yr
Dirk first appears in 1918. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,727 |
| 2024 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,883 |
| 2023 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,922 |
| 2022 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,050 |
| 2021 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,963 |
| 2020 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,039 |
| 2019 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,585 |
| 2018 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,140 |
| 2017 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,327 |
| 2016 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,221 |
| 2015 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,098 |
| 2014 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2013 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2012 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,823 |
| 2011 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2010 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,826 |
| 2009 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,055 |
| 2008 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,841 |
| 2007 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,780 |
| 2006 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,585 |
| 2005 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,331 |
| 2004 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,473 |
| 2003 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,282 |
| 2002 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,465 |
| 2001 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,820 |
| 2000 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,234 |
| 1999 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,074 |
| 1998 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,076 |
| 1997 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,514 |
| 1996 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,620 |
| 1995 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,785 |
| 1994 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,614 |
| 1993 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,424 |
| 1992 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,389 |
| 1991 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,287 |
| 1990 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,209 |
| 1989 | — | 107 | 107 | #988 |
| 1988 | — | 115 | 115 | #894 |
| 1987 | — | 100 | 100 | #946 |
| 1986 | — | 106 | 106 | #883 |
| 1985 | — | 112 | 112 | #855 |
| 1984 | — | 122 | 122 | #790 |
| 1983 | — | 128 | 128 | #769 |
| 1982 | — | 97 | 97 | #911 |
| 1981 | — | 121 | 121 | #799 |
| 1980 | — | 148 | 148 | #716 |
| 1979 | — | 176 | 176 | #643 |
| 1978 | — | 102 | 102 | #849 |
| 1977 | — | 115 | 115 | #798 |
| 1976 | — | 122 | 122 | #754 |
| 1975 | — | 159 | 159 | #651 |
| 1974 | — | 180 | 180 | #599 |
| 1973 | — | 159 | 159 | #626 |
| 1972 | — | 164 | 164 | #615 |
| 1971 | — | 277 | 277 | #483 |
| 1970 | — | 342 | 342 | #442 |
| 1969 | — | 343 | 343 | #425 |
| 1968 | — | 330 | 330 | #425 |
| 1967 | — | 312 | 312 | #429 |
| 1966 | — | 298 | 298 | #444 |
| 1965 | — | 302 | 302 | #447 |
| 1964 | — | 333 | 333 | #440 |
| 1963 | — | 336 | 336 | #437 |
| 1962 | — | 314 | 314 | #447 |
| 1961 | — | 379 | 379 | #405 |
| 1960 | — | 363 | 363 | #417 |
| 1959 | — | 371 | 371 | #412 |
| 1958 | — | 314 | 314 | #445 |
| 1957 | — | 369 | 369 | #405 |
| 1956 | — | 365 | 365 | #397 |
| 1955 | — | 377 | 377 | #371 |
| 1954 | — | 438 | 438 | #341 |
| 1953 | — | 150 | 150 | #589 |
| 1952 | — | 109 | 109 | #667 |
| 1951 | — | 101 | 101 | #698 |
| 1950 | — | 94 | 94 | #710 |
| 1949 | — | 78 | 78 | #781 |
| 1948 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,035 |
| 1947 | — | 52 | 52 | #998 |
| 1946 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,172 |
| 1945 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,161 |
| 1944 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,191 |
| 1943 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,238 |
| 1942 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,267 |
| 1941 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1940 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 1939 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,269 |
| 1938 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,609 |
| 1937 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 1936 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,799 |
| 1935 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,653 |
| 1934 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,928 |
| 1933 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,705 |
| 1932 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,506 |
| 1931 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,840 |
| 1930 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,286 |
| 1929 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1928 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,059 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,618 |
| 1926 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,563 |
| 1925 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,582 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,814 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,709 |
| 1921 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,214 |
| 1918 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,115 |