Kirkland is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1997 and has since faded.
Kirkland is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Kirkland was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 1997 (122 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,066 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,299 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,339 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,899 |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,830 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,341 |
| 2018 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,540 |
| 2017 | 17 | 17 | #15,083 | #7,346 |
| 2016 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,555 |
| 2015 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,164 |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,501 |
| 2013 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,463 |
| 2012 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,852 |
| 2011 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,282 |
| 2010 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,362 |
| 2009 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,711 |
| 2008 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,612 |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,120 |
| 2006 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,439 |
| 2005 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,886 |
| 2004 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,810 |
| 2003 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,352 |
| 2002 | 32 | 32 | — | #2,917 |
| 2001 | 34 | 34 | — | #2,771 |
| 2000 | 60 | 60 | — | #1,808 |
| 1999 | 97 | 97 | #15,705 | #1,317 |
| 1998 | 110 | 110 | — | #1,139 |
| 1997 | 122 | — | — | #1,046 |
| 1996 | 116 | — | #11,204 | #1,103 |
| 1995 | 101 | — | — | #1,141 |
| 1994 | 25 | — | — | #2,905 |
| 1993 | 22 | — | — | #3,098 |
| 1992 | 20 | — | — | #3,287 |
| 1991 | 26 | — | — | #2,646 |
| 1990 | 40 | — | — | #1,922 |
| 1989 | 23 | — | — | #2,742 |
| 1988 | 33 | — | — | #1,971 |
| 1987 | 31 | — | — | #1,999 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | — | #3,069 |
| 1985 | 29 | — | — | #1,997 |
| 1984 | 22 | — | — | #2,334 |
| 1983 | 26 | — | — | #2,054 |
| 1982 | 20 | — | — | #2,476 |
| 1981 | 32 | — | — | #1,790 |
| 1980 | 17 | — | — | #2,796 |
| 1979 | 21 | — | — | #2,343 |
| 1978 | 17 | — | — | #2,614 |
| 1977 | 15 | — | — | #2,850 |
| 1976 | 14 | — | — | #2,896 |
| 1975 | 16 | — | — | #2,590 |
| 1974 | 19 | — | — | #2,236 |
| 1973 | 21 | — | — | #2,009 |
| 1972 | 22 | — | — | #1,949 |
| 1971 | 21 | — | — | #2,015 |
| 1970 | 30 | — | — | #1,566 |
| 1969 | 19 | — | — | #1,948 |
| 1968 | 23 | — | — | #1,668 |
| 1967 | 22 | — | — | #1,686 |
| 1966 | 17 | — | — | #1,931 |
| 1965 | 22 | — | — | #1,696 |
| 1964 | 30 | — | — | #1,452 |
| 1963 | 31 | — | — | #1,414 |
| 1962 | 39 | — | — | #1,252 |
| 1961 | 37 | — | — | #1,311 |
| 1960 | 32 | — | — | #1,415 |
| 1959 | 37 | — | — | #1,289 |
| 1958 | 24 | — | — | #1,621 |
| 1957 | 17 | — | — | #1,992 |
| 1956 | 19 | — | — | #1,862 |
| 1955 | 21 | — | — | #1,711 |
| 1954 | 15 | — | — | #2,083 |
| 1953 | 19 | — | — | #1,801 |
| 1952 | 21 | — | — | #1,690 |
| 1951 | 23 | — | — | #1,579 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | — | #2,273 |
| 1949 | 15 | — | — | #1,986 |
| 1948 | 14 | — | — | #2,070 |
| 1947 | 5 | — | — | #4,016 |
| 1946 | 13 | — | — | #2,093 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | — | #3,294 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | — | #2,655 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | — | #2,822 |
| 1941 | 12 | — | — | #2,147 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | — | #3,302 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | — | #3,796 |
| 1934 | 8 | — | — | #2,847 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | — | #3,545 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | — | #3,277 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | — | #3,386 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | — | #4,087 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | — | #4,679 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | — | #3,772 |
| 1916 | 6 | — | — | #3,700 |
| 1914 | 8 | — | — | #2,546 |