How Many People Are Named Dirk?
people named Dirk are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 38,755 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,955 babies named Dirk in Social Security records from 1918 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
438 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of DIEDERIK. The name was popularized in the English-speaking world by actor Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999), who had some Dutch ancestry. This is also the Scots word for a type of dagger.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Dirk in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dirk alive today is about 53 years old, and 47% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 44 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dirk first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 1954, to 438 babies. In 2025, 21 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dirk has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #340, in 1954. In 2025 it ranked #4,746.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,746 |
| Best rank | #340 (1954) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #439 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dirk alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dirk were born in California than in any other state: about 933 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dirk was given 3.9 times as often in Utah, 2.8 times in Idaho and 2.7 times in Montana.
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