How Many People Are Named Kirk?
people named Kirk are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,259 people in the US has this name
Based on 68,264 babies named Kirk in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,560 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English and Scottish surname meaning "church" from Old Norse kirkja, ultimately from Greek. A famous bearer was American actor Kirk Douglas (1916-), whose birth name was Issur Danielovitch.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Kirk (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kirk alive today is about 54 years old, and 49% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 46 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kirk first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1962, to 2,560 babies. In 2025, 52 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kirk has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #138, in 1962. In 2025 it ranked #2,551.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,551 |
| Best rank | #138 (1962) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #146 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kirk alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kirk were born in California than in any other state: about 6,574 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kirk was given 2.8 times as often in Utah, 2.4 times in Iowa and 2.4 times in Idaho.
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