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.

Kirkland

#2,976 most common boys' name of all time · #7,217 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1914–2024

Rank among boys
#2,976
Rank overall
#7,217 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
94 of 146
All-time
2,178
Since 2016
97
Peak year
1997 #1,048
Best rank
#1,048 1997
Girls Boys peak 122/yr
192019401960198020002020

Kirkland first appears in 1914. 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
2024 — 10 10 #7,821
2023 — 7 7 #9,836
2022 — 14 14 #6,183
2021 — 10 10 #7,643
2020 — 10 10 #7,570
2019 — 7 7 #9,844
2018 — 9 9 #8,224
2017 6 11 17 #7,141
2016 — 13 13 #6,404
2015 — 14 14 #6,030
2014 — 9 9 #8,185
2013 — 13 13 #6,269
2012 — 12 12 #6,668
2011 — 11 11 #7,054
2010 — 11 11 #7,133
2009 — 16 16 #5,573
2008 — 13 13 #6,431
2007 — 14 14 #5,939
2006 — 16 16 #5,332
2005 — 24 24 #3,833
2004 — 24 24 #3,757
2003 — 19 19 #4,298
2002 — 32 32 #2,890
2001 — 34 34 #2,749
2000 — 60 60 #1,806
1999 5 92 97 #1,313
1998 — 110 110 #1,140
1997 — 122 122 #1,048
1996 7 109 116 #1,104
1995 — 101 101 #1,140
1994 — 25 25 #2,870
1993 — 22 22 #3,072
1992 — 20 20 #3,249
1991 — 26 26 #2,626
1990 — 40 40 #1,923
1989 — 23 23 #2,716
1988 — 33 33 #1,962
1987 — 31 31 #1,990
1986 — 16 16 #3,039
1985 — 29 29 #1,989
1984 — 22 22 #2,313
1983 — 26 26 #2,049
1982 — 20 20 #2,462
1981 — 32 32 #1,788
1980 — 17 17 #2,770
1979 — 21 21 #2,331
1978 — 17 17 #2,598
1977 — 15 15 #2,829
1976 — 14 14 #2,873
1975 — 16 16 #2,578
1974 — 19 19 #2,241
1973 — 21 21 #2,013
1972 — 22 22 #1,942
1971 — 21 21 #2,020
1970 — 30 30 #1,565
1969 — 19 19 #1,950
1968 — 23 23 #1,676
1967 — 22 22 #1,687
1966 — 17 17 #1,930
1965 — 22 22 #1,706
1964 — 30 30 #1,456
1963 — 31 31 #1,422
1962 — 39 39 #1,255
1961 — 37 37 #1,317
1960 — 32 32 #1,427
1959 — 37 37 #1,299
1958 — 24 24 #1,628
1957 — 17 17 #1,993
1956 — 19 19 #1,866
1955 — 21 21 #1,714
1954 — 15 15 #2,085
1953 — 19 19 #1,815
1952 — 21 21 #1,691
1951 — 23 23 #1,587
1950 — 12 12 #2,295
1949 — 15 15 #2,003
1948 — 14 14 #2,102
1947 — 5 5 #3,971
1946 — 13 13 #2,107
1944 — 6 6 #3,287
1943 — 9 9 #2,688
1942 — 8 8 #2,887
1941 — 12 12 #2,178
1940 — 6 6 #3,329
1938 — 5 5 #3,786
1934 — 8 8 #2,907
1928 — 7 7 #3,540
1925 — 8 8 #3,303
1924 — 8 8 #3,406
1922 — 6 6 #4,053
1921 — 5 5 #4,536
1917 — 6 6 #3,749
1916 — 6 6 #3,710
1914 — 8 8 #2,627