How Many People Are Named Kirkland?

1,889

people named Kirkland are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 180,934 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,178 babies named Kirkland in Social Security records from 1914 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,997

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,602

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Peak Year

1997

122 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.9%
Male
99.1%

Of the babies given the name Kirkland, 0.9% were girls and 99.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1950s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 5.2% in the 2010s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Kirkland alive today is about 38 years old, and 45% are under 30. Half of them were between 26 and 52 in 2025.

Under 30 847
44.8%
30 to 59 706
37.4%
60 and over 336
17.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Kirkland first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1997, to 122 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.

Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2024

🏆 Rank History

Kirkland has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,044, in 1997.

Boys
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#1,044 (1997)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,486 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Kirkland alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Kirkland were born in Louisiana than in any other state: about 81 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kirkland was given 13 times as often in Louisiana and 1.4 times in Texas.

Louisiana 81
Texas 50
Tennessee 31
North Carolina 28
Mississippi 27
Florida 25
California 23
Georgia 19
South Carolina 18
Alabama 17
Ohio 16
Illinois 15
Pennsylvania 11
New York 7
Kentucky 6
Virginia 6
West Virginia 5

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