Kirby
#2,645 for girls in 2025, 65 births · #3,240 for boys in 2025, 36 births
Given to boys 78.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1954 · 326 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,532since 1881
Kirby over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,645 | 65 | #3,240 | 36 |
| 2024 | #2,533 | 70 | #2,559 | 52 |
| 2023 | #3,014 | 55 | #2,737 | 47 |
| 2022 | #2,756 | 62 | #2,873 | 44 |
| 2021 | #2,751 | 62 | #3,074 | 39 |
| 2020 | #3,735 | 39 | #2,467 | 52 |
| 2019 | #4,162 | 34 | #2,851 | 43 |
| 2018 | #3,396 | 46 | #2,507 | 51 |
| 2017 | #4,304 | 33 | #2,715 | 45 |
| 2016 | #4,531 | 31 | #2,726 | 44 |
| 2015 | #4,853 | 28 | #2,355 | 55 |
| 2014 | #4,544 | 31 | #2,885 | 40 |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 | #2,668 | 44 |
| 2012 | #4,707 | 30 | #2,551 | 48 |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | #2,437 | 51 |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 | #2,467 | 50 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 | #2,623 | 47 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #2,542 | 49 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | #2,117 | 64 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #2,348 | 53 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 | #2,325 | 50 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 | #1,989 | 60 |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | #2,077 | 54 |
| 2002 | #4,381 | 28 | #1,792 | 64 |
| 2001 | #3,316 | 41 | #1,481 | 82 |
| 2000 | #2,854 | 50 | #1,609 | 73 |
| 1999 | #2,527 | 56 | #1,374 | 86 |
| 1998 | #2,104 | 69 | #1,224 | 100 |
| 1997 | #2,138 | 65 | #1,096 | 115 |
| 1996 | #1,431 | 115 | #969 | 131 |
| 1995 | #1,562 | 97 | #978 | 129 |
| 1994 | #1,400 | 115 | #948 | 136 |
| 1993 | #1,211 | 143 | #804 | 173 |
| 1992 | #1,183 | 148 | #742 | 194 |
| 1991 | #1,205 | 143 | #771 | 177 |
| 1990 | #1,088 | 162 | #785 | 167 |
| 1989 | #1,091 | 153 | #701 | 196 |
| 1988 | #1,051 | 152 | #687 | 186 |
| 1987 | #1,016 | 152 | #861 | 117 |
| 1986 | #981 | 161 | #796 | 130 |
| 1985 | #758 | 225 | #788 | 127 |
| 1984 | #526 | 367 | #730 | 142 |
| 1983 | #718 | 232 | #706 | 147 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #1,023 | 78 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #833 | 111 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #871 | 104 |
| 1979 | — | #838 | 107 | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #914 | 89 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #751 | 129 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #763 | 118 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #684 | 145 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #674 | 146 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #646 | 151 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #480 | 266 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #476 | 290 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #672 | 148 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #592 | 173 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #547 | 190 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #537 | 192 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #557 | 188 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | #527 | 212 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #513 | 230 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #506 | 253 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #478 | 277 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | #474 | 291 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | #433 | 345 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 | #430 | 343 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | #425 | 342 |
| 1957 | #2,563 | 20 | #411 | 357 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #411 | 344 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #450 | 271 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #396 | 326 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #415 | 288 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | #429 | 265 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #430 | 247 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #441 | 226 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #469 | 197 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #474 | 199 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #466 | 209 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | #460 | 191 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | #586 | 106 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #585 | 110 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #534 | 139 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #523 | 136 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #541 | 120 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #585 | 102 |
| 1939 | — | #587 | 96 | |
| 1938 | — | #710 | 74 | |
| 1937 | — | #584 | 97 | |
| 1936 | — | #637 | 82 | |
| 1935 | — | #741 | 68 | |
| 1934 | — | #708 | 74 | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #799 | 59 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #793 | 64 |
| 1931 | — | #901 | 51 | |
| 1930 | — | #797 | 66 | |
| 1929 | — | #752 | 71 | |
| 1928 | — | #862 | 59 | |
| 1927 | — | #951 | 53 | |
| 1926 | — | #726 | 77 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #984 | 48 |
| 1924 | — | #797 | 71 | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #873 | 61 |
| 1922 | — | #871 | 62 | |
| 1921 | — | #920 | 58 | |
| 1920 | — | #887 | 60 | |
| 1919 | — | #908 | 54 | |
| 1918 | — | #918 | 52 | |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #833 | 59 |
| 1916 | — | #840 | 55 | |
| 1915 | — | #785 | 59 | |
| 1914 | — | #884 | 38 | |
| 1913 | — | #897 | 30 | |
| 1912 | — | #892 | 25 | |
| 1911 | — | #759 | 18 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #804 | 13 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | #778 | 12 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #584 | 13 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Kirby! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kirby is popular in 1957
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Dakota#173 · 1 in 1,221
- Kansas#194 · 1 in 1,346
- Minnesota#197 · 1 in 2,287
- Missouri#233 · 1 in 2,116
- Indiana#247 · 1 in 2,803
Best ever in a state: #134 in Wyoming, 1952.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #173 | 6 | 1 in 1,221 |
| Kansas | #194 | 18 | 1 in 1,346 |
| Minnesota | #197 | 18 | 1 in 2,287 |
| Missouri | #233 | 23 | 1 in 2,116 |
| Indiana | #247 | 20 | 1 in 2,803 |
| Iowa | #254 | 10 | 1 in 3,101 |
| Louisiana | #269 | 22 | 1 in 1,970 |
| Arizona | #277 | 8 | 1 in 1,905 |
| Utah | #277 | 6 | 1 in 2,049 |
| Oklahoma | #281 | 9 | 1 in 2,682 |
| Oregon | #283 | 5 | 1 in 3,527 |
| Ohio | #338 | 20 | 1 in 5,968 |
| Virginia | #365 | 10 | 1 in 4,421 |
| Pennsylvania | #376 | 14 | 1 in 9,065 |
| Kentucky | #381 | 6 | 1 in 6,073 |
| Illinois | #415 | 15 | 1 in 7,743 |
| North Carolina | #432 | 8 | 1 in 6,779 |
| Texas | #432 | 28 | 1 in 4,460 |
| Michigan | #438 | 10 | 1 in 10,149 |
| Florida | #450 | 7 | 1 in 7,148 |
| Tennessee | #462 | 5 | 1 in 8,183 |
| California | #525 | 18 | 1 in 9,783 |
| New York | #569 | 12 | 1 in 15,096 |
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| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
See more about Kirby
- 681 spots since 2024 (#2,559 → #3,240)
- 773 spots since 2020 (#2,467 → #3,240)
- 885 spots since 2015 (#2,355 → #3,240)
- Biggest jump: 475 spots in 1907 (#1,253 → #778)
- Biggest drop: 334 spots in 1906 (#919 → #1,253)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1954 at #396 (326 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1907–1981
- Highest: 1 in 6,043 boys born in 1957 were named Kirby (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 47,447 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #396 in 1954, was only 1 in 6,254 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.7% of all boys named Kirby (3,009) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2020, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 56 | #498 (1885) | #736 |
| 1890s | 93 | #566 (1890) | #721 |
| 1900s | 88 | #699 (1900) | #914 |
| 1910s | 403 | #759 (1911) | #858 |
| 1920s | 620 | #726 (1926) | #862 |
| 1930s | 731 | #584 (1937) | #726 |
| 1940s | 1,509 | #460 (1946) | #522 |
| 1950s | 3,009 | #396 (1954) | #424 |
| 1960s | 2,351 | #433 (1960) | #516 |
| 1970s | 1,589 | #476 (1971) | #690 |
| 1980s | 1,338 | #687 (1988) | #800 |
| 1990s | 1,408 | #742 (1992) | #969 |
| 2000s | 596 | #1,481 (2001) | #2,090 |
| 2010s | 471 | #2,355 (2015) | #2,616 |
| 2020s | 270 | #2,467 (2020) | #2,825 |
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.
Kirby in 1957
Top girls' names in 1957
Top boys' names in 1957
More about 1957
girls
2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 102,243 of them was named Kirby, which outranked 63.5% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,486Vivianne21
- #2,486Yolande21
- #2,486Zana21
- #2,563Kirby20
- #2,563Alise20
- #2,563Alpha20
- #2,563Arlinda20
- #2,651Adair19
- #2,651Alayne19
- #2,651Albert19
Tied with 87 names at #2,563; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 6,043 of them was named Kirby, which outranked 91.0% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.