Dirk
Dirk is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. Its best rank was 341st, in 1954.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1954438 births
- Best rank
- #341in 1954
- Since 1918
- 10,935people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,935 boys have been named Dirk in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1954, with 438 births.
The name has all but left use: 12 births in 2024, against 438 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1960s alone account for 30%. It has spent 42 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dirk | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | |
| 1920s | 71 | |
| 1930s | 188 | |
| 1940s | 369 | |
| 1950s | 2,689 | |
| 1960s | 3,310 | |
| 1970s | 1,796 | |
| 1980s | 1,156 | |
| 1990s | 581 | |
| 2000s | 395 | |
| 2010s | 279 | |
| 2020s | 95 |
In 1954, its biggest year
Dirk was the 341st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1954 were Michael, Robert, James, John and David. See all of 1954.
Names that rose and fell with Dirk
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kirkpeak 1962
- Kurtpeak 1964
- Markpeak 1960
- Jefferypeak 1962
- Jefforypeak 1967
- Jeffrypeak 1956
- Keithpeak 1957
- Craigpeak 1960
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.