Dirk

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Dirk first appears in the U.S. data in 1918 and has been recorded in 104 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1954 with 438 babies (rank #341 that year). In 2024 it was given to 12 boys (rank #6,912). The name has been declining over the last five years.
10,935
Total babies (all years)
104
Years in the data
438
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19186#3,834
19216#3,974
19235#4,393
19247#3,582
192512#2,471
192612#2,457
19275#4,349
19289#2,899
192915#2,024
193013#2,209
193117#1,787
193223#1,477
193318#1,662
193415#1,878
193519#1,603
193616#1,745
193720#1,546
193819#1,574
193928#1,244
194020#1,532
19418#2,708
194231#1,253
194332#1,223
194432#1,176
194533#1,142
194636#1,160
194752#985
194847#1,027
194978#779
195095#706
1951101#698
1952109#662
1953150#587
1954438#341
1955377#371
1956365#395
1957369#405
1958314#444
1959371#412
1960363#417
1961379#405
1962314#446
1963336#436
1964333#438
1965303#445
1966297#444
1967312#429
1968330#425
1969343#425
1970342#442
1971277#483
1972164#615
1973159#625
1974180#597
1975159#651
1976122#753
1977115#798
1978102#849
1979176#643
1980148#714
1981121#797
198297#909
1983128#766
1984122#785
1985112#851
1986106#884
1987100#944
1988115#891
1989107#986
199082#1,206
199176#1,281
199267#1,384
199367#1,422
199457#1,615
199549#1,785
199660#1,621
199732#2,508
199845#2,078
199946#2,072
200044#2,231
200133#2,820
200225#3,477
200347#2,286
200427#3,477
200550#2,340
200646#2,594
200743#2,772
200842#2,843
200938#3,062
201027#3,839
201140#2,916
201227#3,824
201326#3,888
201427#3,819
201525#4,104
201624#4,225
201734#3,331
201818#5,152
201931#3,585
202025#4,045
202119#4,972
202219#5,074
202320#4,919
202412#6,912