Masculine dossier · first seen 1918

Dirk

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dirk
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.3% from peak

Peak era

1954

Peak rank proxy

438

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1918Peak 19542024

Peak year

1954

Decline from peak

97.3%

2024

All-time

10,935

Dirk once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1954, when 438 boys were named Dirk.

In 2024, only 12 boys were given the name.

Down 97.3% from its peak.

All told, about 10,935 Americans have been named Dirk and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1918.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.3% from peak

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