Kirk is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1962 and has since faded.
Kirk is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,551 for boy births in the United States (and #5,508 across all names), given to 52 babies. Kirk was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1962 (2,560 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,551 |
| 2024 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,584 |
| 2023 | 52 | 52 | — | #2,566 |
| 2022 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,506 |
| 2021 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,147 |
| 2020 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,104 |
| 2019 | 76 | 76 | — | #1,946 |
| 2018 | 70 | 70 | — | #2,060 |
| 2017 | 95 | 95 | — | #1,673 |
| 2016 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,870 |
| 2015 | 92 | 92 | — | #1,698 |
| 2014 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,543 |
| 2013 | 112 | 112 | — | #1,472 |
| 2012 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,610 |
| 2011 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,606 |
| 2010 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,562 |
| 2009 | 111 | 111 | — | #1,506 |
| 2008 | 95 | 95 | — | #1,635 |
| 2007 | 124 | 124 | — | #1,356 |
| 2006 | 121 | 121 | — | #1,347 |
| 2005 | 141 | 141 | — | #1,147 |
| 2004 | 140 | 140 | — | #1,131 |
| 2003 | 158 | 158 | — | #1,003 |
| 2002 | 161 | 161 | — | #980 |
| 2001 | 178 | 178 | — | #887 |
| 2000 | 189 | 189 | — | #848 |
| 1999 | 221 | 221 | — | #735 |
| 1998 | 231 | 231 | — | #718 |
| 1997 | 317 | — | — | #582 |
| 1996 | 303 | — | — | #594 |
| 1995 | 316 | — | — | #576 |
| 1994 | 379 | — | — | #520 |
| 1993 | 424 | — | #12,642 | #497 |
| 1992 | 515 | — | — | #430 |
| 1991 | 562 | — | — | #405 |
| 1990 | 698 | — | — | #347 |
| 1989 | 845 | — | — | #290 |
| 1988 | 810 | — | #9,798 | #288 |
| 1987 | 731 | — | #9,289 | #297 |
| 1986 | 649 | — | #9,033 | #316 |
| 1985 | 681 | — | — | #300 |
| 1984 | 691 | — | — | #293 |
| 1983 | 641 | — | #8,499 | #311 |
| 1982 | 670 | — | #7,182 | #301 |
| 1981 | 716 | — | — | #287 |
| 1980 | 797 | — | #7,759 | #272 |
| 1979 | 807 | — | — | #261 |
| 1978 | 724 | — | #7,296 | #273 |
| 1977 | 886 | — | #10,398 | #238 |
| 1976 | 890 | — | — | #228 |
| 1975 | 1,001 | — | — | #214 |
| 1974 | 1,132 | — | #5,545 | #196 |
| 1973 | 1,211 | — | — | #188 |
| 1972 | 1,350 | — | — | #180 |
| 1971 | 1,754 | — | #5,299 | #159 |
| 1970 | 1,932 | — | #4,367 | #158 |
| 1969 | 2,082 | — | #5,241 | #148 |
| 1968 | 2,019 | — | #5,909 | #143 |
| 1967 | 2,003 | — | #5,203 | #143 |
| 1966 | 1,846 | — | #5,524 | #154 |
| 1965 | 2,063 | — | #6,153 | #152 |
| 1964 | 2,241 | — | #4,796 | #147 |
| 1963 | 2,484 | — | #5,077 | #139 |
| 1962 | 2,560 | — | — | #138 |
| 1961 | 2,518 | — | #7,054 | #140 |
| 1960 | 2,459 | — | #3,808 | #142 |
| 1959 | 2,407 | — | — | #145 |
| 1958 | 2,347 | — | #5,154 | #147 |
| 1957 | 2,190 | — | #4,715 | #154 |
| 1956 | 1,908 | — | — | #162 |
| 1955 | 1,634 | — | #5,518 | #172 |
| 1954 | 1,375 | — | — | #190 |
| 1953 | 1,233 | — | — | #197 |
| 1952 | 1,130 | — | #4,303 | #199 |
| 1951 | 998 | — | — | #205 |
| 1950 | 1,030 | — | — | #199 |
| 1949 | 731 | — | — | #241 |
| 1948 | 338 | — | — | #369 |
| 1947 | 334 | — | — | #377 |
| 1946 | 248 | — | — | #405 |
| 1945 | 209 | — | — | #416 |
| 1944 | 220 | — | — | #406 |
| 1943 | 209 | — | — | #431 |
| 1942 | 169 | — | — | #473 |
| 1941 | 166 | — | — | #459 |
| 1940 | 131 | — | — | #506 |
| 1939 | 105 | — | — | #559 |
| 1938 | 80 | — | — | #677 |
| 1937 | 72 | — | — | #709 |
| 1936 | 53 | — | — | #841 |
| 1935 | 61 | — | — | #794 |
| 1934 | 60 | — | — | #802 |
| 1933 | 30 | — | — | #1,217 |
| 1932 | 34 | — | — | #1,164 |
| 1931 | 44 | — | — | #1,004 |
| 1930 | 45 | — | — | #1,032 |
| 1929 | 42 | — | — | #1,066 |
| 1928 | 37 | — | — | #1,179 |
| 1927 | 32 | — | — | #1,313 |
| 1926 | 36 | — | — | #1,204 |
| 1925 | 42 | — | — | #1,084 |
| 1924 | 50 | — | — | #1,000 |
| 1923 | 44 | — | — | #1,077 |
| 1922 | 41 | — | — | #1,116 |
| 1921 | 27 | — | — | #1,468 |
| 1920 | 36 | — | — | #1,215 |
| 1919 | 39 | — | — | #1,111 |
| 1918 | 32 | — | — | #1,246 |
| 1917 | 39 | — | — | #1,072 |
| 1916 | 38 | — | — | #1,051 |
| 1915 | 41 | — | — | #988 |
| 1914 | 30 | — | — | #1,038 |
| 1913 | 23 | — | — | #1,066 |
| 1912 | 18 | — | — | #1,122 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | — | #1,084 |
| 1910 | 13 | — | — | #904 |
| 1909 | 12 | — | — | #871 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | — | #1,303 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | — | #1,342 |
| 1905 | 10 | — | — | #819 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | — | #848 |
| 1902 | 10 | — | — | #774 |
| 1901 | 11 | — | — | #664 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | — | #1,414 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | — | #946 |
| 1897 | 6 | — | — | #1,015 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | — | #1,172 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | — | #974 |
| 1892 | 12 | — | — | #622 |
| 1891 | 7 | — | — | #809 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | — | #1,085 |
| 1888 | 7 | — | — | #873 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | — | #675 |
| 1884 | 8 | — | — | #731 |
| 1882 | 10 | — | — | #624 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | — | #875 |