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.

Kirk

#416 most common boys' name of all time · #906 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#416
Rank overall
#906 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
136 of 146
All-time
68,264
Since 2016
666
Peak year
1962 #138
Best rank
#138 1962
Girls Boys peak 2,560/yr
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Kirk is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 52 52 #2,540
2024 52 52 #2,560
2023 52 52 #2,544
2022 55 55 #2,497
2021 67 67 #2,134
2020 67 67 #2,094
2019 76 76 #1,938
2018 70 70 #2,048
2017 95 95 #1,664
2016 80 80 #1,864
2015 92 92 #1,693
2014 104 104 #1,536
2013 112 112 #1,468
2012 97 97 #1,604
2011 96 96 #1,601
2010 102 102 #1,558
2009 111 111 #1,498
2008 95 95 #1,633
2007 124 124 #1,350
2006 121 121 #1,346
2005 141 141 #1,144
2004 140 140 #1,129
2003 158 158 #1,002
2002 161 161 #980
2001 178 178 #883
2000 189 189 #846
1999 221 221 #735
1998 231 231 #719
1997 317 317 #582
1996 303 303 #593
1995 316 316 #576
1994 379 379 #520
1993 6 418 424 #497
1992 515 515 #430
1991 562 562 #406
1990 698 698 #347
1989 845 845 #290
1988 7 803 810 #287
1987 7 724 731 #298
1986 7 642 649 #316
1985 681 681 #300
1984 691 691 #294
1983 7 634 641 #311
1982 9 661 670 #301
1981 716 716 #285
1980 8 789 797 #272
1979 807 807 #261
1978 8 716 724 #273
1977 5 881 886 #238
1976 890 890 #228
1975 1,001 1,001 #214
1974 10 1,122 1,132 #196
1973 1,211 1,211 #188
1972 1,350 1,350 #180
1971 10 1,744 1,754 #159
1970 13 1,919 1,932 #158
1969 9 2,073 2,082 #148
1968 7 2,012 2,019 #143
1967 8 1,995 2,003 #143
1966 7 1,839 1,846 #154
1965 6 2,057 2,063 #152
1964 9 2,232 2,241 #147
1963 8 2,476 2,484 #139
1962 2,560 2,560 #138
1961 5 2,513 2,518 #140
1960 12 2,447 2,459 #142
1959 2,407 2,407 #145
1958 7 2,340 2,347 #147
1957 8 2,182 2,190 #154
1956 1,908 1,908 #162
1955 6 1,628 1,634 #172
1954 1,375 1,375 #190
1953 1,233 1,233 #197
1952 8 1,122 1,130 #199
1951 998 998 #205
1950 1,030 1,030 #199
1949 731 731 #241
1948 338 338 #369
1947 334 334 #377
1946 248 248 #405
1945 209 209 #416
1944 220 220 #406
1943 209 209 #431
1942 169 169 #473
1941 166 166 #460
1940 131 131 #505
1939 105 105 #559
1938 80 80 #677
1937 72 72 #708
1936 53 53 #836
1935 61 61 #792
1934 60 60 #803
1933 30 30 #1,212
1932 34 34 #1,163
1931 44 44 #1,006
1930 45 45 #1,026
1929 42 42 #1,064
1928 37 37 #1,171
1927 32 32 #1,298
1926 36 36 #1,198
1925 42 42 #1,079
1924 50 50 #995
1923 44 44 #1,077
1922 41 41 #1,112
1921 27 27 #1,452
1920 36 36 #1,209
1919 39 39 #1,101
1918 32 32 #1,238
1917 39 39 #1,067
1916 38 38 #1,049
1915 41 41 #989
1914 30 30 #1,029
1913 23 23 #1,058
1912 18 18 #1,103
1911 11 11 #1,073
1910 13 13 #891
1909 12 12 #866
1908 6 6 #1,249
1906 5 5 #1,291
1905 10 10 #808
1904 9 9 #843
1902 10 10 #771
1901 11 11 #665
1900 5 5 #1,350
1898 7 7 #926
1897 6 6 #991
1895 5 5 #1,127
1893 6 6 #957
1892 12 12 #636
1891 7 7 #803
1890 5 5 #1,051
1888 7 7 #861
1885 9 9 #678
1884 8 8 #737
1882 10 10 #643
1880 6 6 #880