Dirk
#4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
- Peak · boys
- 1954 · 438 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,955since 1918
Dirk over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Dirk has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,707 | 21 |
| 2024 | #6,832 | 12 |
| 2023 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 2021 | #4,936 | 19 |
| 2020 | #4,020 | 25 |
| 2019 | #3,571 | 31 |
| 2018 | #5,106 | 18 |
| 2017 | #3,312 | 34 |
| 2016 | #4,199 | 24 |
| 2015 | #4,080 | 25 |
| 2014 | #3,787 | 27 |
| 2013 | #3,864 | 26 |
| 2012 | #3,807 | 27 |
| 2011 | #2,904 | 40 |
| 2010 | #3,812 | 27 |
| 2009 | #3,045 | 38 |
| 2008 | #2,828 | 42 |
| 2007 | #2,765 | 43 |
| 2006 | #2,578 | 46 |
| 2005 | #2,325 | 50 |
| 2004 | #3,456 | 27 |
| 2003 | #2,269 | 47 |
| 2002 | #3,450 | 25 |
| 2001 | #2,797 | 33 |
| 2000 | #2,222 | 44 |
| 1999 | #2,063 | 46 |
| 1998 | #2,068 | 45 |
| 1997 | #2,502 | 32 |
| 1996 | #1,616 | 60 |
| 1995 | #1,782 | 49 |
| 1994 | #1,608 | 57 |
| 1993 | #1,420 | 67 |
| 1992 | #1,382 | 67 |
| 1991 | #1,282 | 76 |
| 1990 | #1,201 | 82 |
| 1989 | #985 | 107 |
| 1988 | #890 | 115 |
| 1987 | #943 | 100 |
| 1986 | #880 | 106 |
| 1985 | #852 | 112 |
| 1984 | #784 | 122 |
| 1983 | #763 | 128 |
| 1982 | #907 | 97 |
| 1981 | #796 | 121 |
| 1980 | #714 | 148 |
| 1979 | #643 | 176 |
| 1978 | #847 | 102 |
| 1977 | #796 | 115 |
| 1976 | #753 | 122 |
| 1975 | #650 | 159 |
| 1974 | #595 | 180 |
| 1973 | #623 | 159 |
| 1972 | #615 | 164 |
| 1971 | #483 | 277 |
| 1970 | #442 | 342 |
| 1969 | #425 | 343 |
| 1968 | #425 | 330 |
| 1967 | #429 | 312 |
| 1966 | #444 | 298 |
| 1965 | #446 | 302 |
| 1964 | #438 | 333 |
| 1963 | #435 | 336 |
| 1962 | #446 | 314 |
| 1961 | #405 | 379 |
| 1960 | #416 | 363 |
| 1959 | #412 | 371 |
| 1958 | #444 | 314 |
| 1957 | #405 | 369 |
| 1956 | #395 | 365 |
| 1955 | #371 | 377 |
| 1954 | #341 | 438 |
| 1953 | #587 | 150 |
| 1952 | #660 | 109 |
| 1951 | #697 | 101 |
| 1950 | #706 | 94 |
| 1949 | #779 | 78 |
| 1948 | #1,023 | 47 |
| 1947 | #984 | 52 |
| 1946 | #1,157 | 36 |
| 1945 | #1,139 | 33 |
| 1944 | #1,173 | 32 |
| 1943 | #1,214 | 32 |
| 1942 | #1,244 | 31 |
| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #1,519 | 20 |
| 1939 | #1,238 | 28 |
| 1938 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,528 | 20 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,465 | 23 |
| 1931 | #1,770 | 17 |
| 1930 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #4,210 | 5 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #4,239 | 5 |
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| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
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| 1918 | #3,728 | 6 |
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First appearance
1918
The first year at least five boys were named Dirk! It came in at #3,728, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1920, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Dirk is popular in 1954
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Idaho#172 · 1 in 1,059
- Oregon#196 · 1 in 1,645
- Iowa#201 · 1 in 2,053
- Nebraska#209 · 1 in 1,926
- Washington#222 · 1 in 2,381
Best ever in a state: #136 in Wyoming, 1955.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #172 | 7 | 1 in 1,059 |
| Oregon | #196 | 11 | 1 in 1,645 |
| Iowa | #201 | 15 | 1 in 2,053 |
| Nebraska | #209 | 8 | 1 in 1,926 |
| Washington | #222 | 13 | 1 in 2,381 |
| Utah | #227 | 7 | 1 in 1,624 |
| Wisconsin | #230 | 11 | 1 in 4,020 |
| Minnesota | #242 | 10 | 1 in 3,893 |
| Illinois | #246 | 35 | 1 in 3,034 |
| Oklahoma | #248 | 12 | 1 in 2,064 |
| California | #252 | 62 | 1 in 2,478 |
| Colorado | #263 | 7 | 1 in 2,708 |
| Michigan | #266 | 24 | 1 in 3,897 |
| Ohio | #266 | 28 | 1 in 3,902 |
| Indiana | #271 | 14 | 1 in 3,748 |
| New Jersey | #292 | 9 | 1 in 6,240 |
| Pennsylvania | #293 | 22 | 1 in 5,479 |
| Kansas | #300 | 6 | 1 in 4,048 |
| Missouri | #308 | 10 | 1 in 4,680 |
| Maryland | #348 | 5 | 1 in 6,025 |
| Virginia | #368 | 8 | 1 in 5,476 |
| Texas | #409 | 29 | 1 in 4,178 |
| Tennessee | #441 | 5 | 1 in 8,324 |
| North Carolina | #475 | 7 | 1 in 7,876 |
| Georgia | #479 | 6 | 1 in 8,088 |
| New York | #482 | 13 | 1 in 13,079 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,125 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #4,707)
- 687 spots since 2020 (#4,020 → #4,707)
- 627 spots since 2015 (#4,080 → #4,707)
- Biggest jump: 246 spots in 1954 (#587 → #341)
- Biggest drop: 216 spots in 1990 (#985 → #1,201)
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1954 at #341 (438 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1949–1989
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,655
- Highest: 1 in 4,655 boys born in 1954 were named Dirk (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 30.2% of all boys named Dirk (3,310) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,728 (1918) | #3,728 |
| 1920s | 71 | #2,002 (1929) | #3,192 |
| 1930s | 188 | #1,238 (1939) | #1,655 |
| 1940s | 369 | #779 (1949) | #1,289 |
| 1950s | 2,688 | #341 (1954) | #502 |
| 1960s | 3,310 | #405 (1961) | #431 |
| 1970s | 1,796 | #442 (1970) | #645 |
| 1980s | 1,156 | #714 (1980) | #851 |
| 1990s | 581 | #1,201 (1990) | #1,692 |
| 2000s | 395 | #2,222 (2000) | #2,774 |
| 2010s | 279 | #2,904 (2011) | #3,844 |
| 2020s | 116 | #4,020 (2020) | #5,067 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dirk in 1954
boys
#341
438 births · 1 in 4,655 boys
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 4,655 of them was named Dirk, which outranked 92.2% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Dirk
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
Fallers
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.