Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Kirk

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

Endangered Down 98% from peak

Peak era

1962

Peak rank proxy

2,558

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19622024

Peak year

1962

Decline from peak

98%

2024

All-time

68,020

Kirk 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 1962, when 2,558 boys were named Kirk.

In 2024, only 52 boys were given the name.

Down 98% from its peak.

All told, about 68,020 Americans have been named Kirk and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98% from peak

19622,558 boys named Kirk

202452 boys named Kirk

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