Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kirby**

#852 most common boys' name of all time · #1,953 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1881–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#852
Rank overall
#1,953 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
143 of 146
All-time
18,495
Since 2016
950
Peak year
1984 #731
Best rank
#397 1954
Girls Boys peak 509/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Kirby first appears in 1881. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 65 36 101 #3,240
2024 70 52 122 #2,562
2023 55 47 102 #2,738
2022 62 44 106 #2,878
2021 62 39 101 #3,077
2020 39 52 91 #2,470
2019 34 43 77 #2,854
2018 46 51 97 #2,509
2017 33 45 78 #2,721
2016 31 44 75 #2,728
2015 28 55 83 #2,359
2014 31 40 71 #2,892
2013 27 44 71 #2,673
2012 30 48 78 #2,552
2011 25 51 76 #2,440
2010 24 50 74 #2,469
2009 25 47 72 #2,626
2008 17 49 66 #2,547
2007 20 64 84 #2,118
2006 22 53 75 #2,352
2005 22 50 72 #2,327
2004 23 60 83 #1,994
2003 27 54 81 #2,079
2002 28 64 92 #1,795
2001 41 82 123 #1,487
2000 50 73 123 #1,611
1999 56 86 142 #1,375
1998 69 100 169 #1,227
1997 65 115 180 #1,100
1996 115 131 246 #970
1995 97 129 226 #978
1994 115 136 251 #948
1993 143 173 316 #804
1992 148 194 342 #743
1991 143 177 320 #772
1990 162 167 329 #785
1989 153 196 349 #702
1988 152 186 338 #689
1987 152 117 269 #863
1986 161 130 291 #797
1985 225 127 352 #788
1984 367 142 509 #731
1983 232 147 379 #706
1982 8 78 86 #1,026
1981 8 111 119 #834
1980 6 104 110 #871
1979 — 107 107 #838
1978 11 89 100 #916
1977 10 129 139 #753
1976 7 118 125 #765
1975 7 145 152 #685
1974 7 146 153 #674
1973 9 151 160 #647
1972 16 266 282 #481
1971 9 290 299 #476
1970 9 148 157 #676
1969 7 173 180 #595
1968 5 190 195 #547
1967 12 192 204 #538
1966 11 188 199 #557
1965 12 212 224 #527
1964 13 230 243 #515
1963 9 253 262 #506
1962 12 277 289 #479
1961 13 291 304 #474
1960 14 345 359 #433
1959 25 343 368 #430
1958 15 342 357 #425
1957 20 357 377 #411
1956 10 344 354 #411
1955 5 271 276 #450
1954 7 326 333 #397
1953 10 288 298 #415
1952 14 265 279 #430
1951 5 247 252 #431
1950 10 226 236 #441
1949 11 197 208 #469
1948 9 199 208 #475
1947 13 209 222 #467
1946 18 191 209 #461
1945 9 106 115 #590
1944 8 110 118 #588
1943 9 139 148 #534
1942 6 136 142 #523
1941 6 120 126 #542
1940 12 102 114 #587
1939 — 96 96 #590
1938 — 74 74 #712
1937 — 97 97 #586
1936 — 82 82 #640
1935 — 68 68 #743
1934 — 74 74 #713
1933 9 59 68 #808
1932 6 64 70 #797
1931 — 51 51 #904
1930 — 66 66 #799
1929 — 71 71 #759
1928 — 59 59 #868
1927 — 53 53 #957
1926 — 77 77 #728
1925 5 48 53 #988
1924 — 71 71 #804
1923 6 61 67 #877
1922 — 62 62 #878
1921 — 58 58 #928
1920 — 60 60 #893
1919 — 54 54 #913
1918 — 52 52 #927
1917 8 59 67 #838
1916 — 55 55 #852
1915 — 59 59 #787
1914 — 38 38 #894
1913 — 30 30 #904
1912 — 25 25 #907
1911 — 18 18 #778
1910 — 13 13 #903
1909 — 13 13 #826
1908 — 9 9 #984
1907 — 12 12 #804
1906 — 5 5 #1,311
1905 — 8 8 #965
1904 — 7 7 #1,014
1903 — 5 5 #1,212
1902 — 8 8 #907
1901 — 8 8 #827
1900 — 13 13 #729
1899 — 7 7 #902
1898 — 9 9 #790
1897 — 13 13 #611
1896 — 10 10 #763
1895 — 8 8 #844
1894 — 8 8 #843
1893 — 9 9 #750
1892 — 10 10 #738
1891 — 7 7 #821
1890 — 12 12 #601
1888 — 6 6 #990
1887 — 7 7 #799
1886 — 10 10 #644
1885 — 14 14 #519
1883 — 8 8 #711
1882 — 6 6 #910
1881 — 5 5 #967