Kirkland

Last seen for girls in 2017 at #14,124 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #7,765
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1997 · 122 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,160
since 1914

Kirkland over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kirkland has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #1,045, 1997boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024—#7,76510
2023—#9,7637
2022—#6,14714
2021—#7,58710
2020—#7,50210
2019—#9,7567
2018—#8,1549
2017#14,1246#7,09511
2016—#6,34913
2015—#5,99914
2014—#8,1309
2013—#6,24113
2012—#6,62612
2011—#7,00911
2010—#7,08711
2009—#5,55416
2008—#6,39313
2007—#5,90114
2006—#5,30316
2005—#3,81524
2004—#3,73524
2003—#4,27619
2002—#2,88232
2001—#2,74234
2000—#1,79960
1999#14,4115#1,31192
1998—#1,133110
1997—#1,045122
1996#10,5677#1,101109
1995—#1,137101
1994—#2,84725
1993—#3,04222
1992—#3,22020
1991—#2,60626
1990—#1,90940
1989—#2,69023
1988—#1,94933
1987—#1,97431
1986—#3,00516
1985—#1,97529
1984—#2,29222
1983—#2,01726
1982—#2,42620
1981—#1,76632
1980—#2,72917
1979—#2,31021
1978—#2,56817
1977—#2,79115
1976—#2,82614
1975—#2,54016
1974—#2,19919
1973—#1,98221
1972—#1,92822
1971—#1,98721
1970—#1,54630
1969—#1,91419
1968—#1,65023
1967—#1,65222
1966—#1,89117
1965—#1,66922
1964—#1,43530
1963—#1,40331
1962—#1,24239
1961—#1,30337
1960—#1,40032
1959—#1,28037
1958—#1,59324
1957—#1,95217
1956—#1,82119
1955—#1,68221
1954—#2,04415
1953—#1,76519
1952—#1,66521
1951—#1,55323
1950—#2,20712
1949—#1,94115
1948—#2,02714
1947—#3,7335
1946—#2,03013
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1944—#3,1096
1943—#2,5639
1942—#2,7128
1941—#2,08312
1940—#3,1306
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Kirkland! It came in at #2,457, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1915, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Kirkland is popular in 1997

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedINOhio: #717 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 10,001 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedMOKentucky: #367 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,870 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedARTennessee: #412 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,467 boysTNNorth Carolina: #712 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,835 boysNCSouth Carolina: #458 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,363 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #467 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,986 boysLAMississippi: #289 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,496 boysMSAlabama: #440 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,512 boysALGeorgia: #933 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,037 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedHITexas: #905 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 12,082 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Kirkland, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#289 · 1 in 1,496
  2. Kentucky#367 · 1 in 3,870
  3. Tennessee#412 · 1 in 3,467
  4. Alabama#440 · 1 in 3,512
  5. South Carolina#458 · 1 in 3,363

Best ever in a state: #231 in West Virginia, 1995.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#289101 in 1,496
Kentucky#36761 in 3,870
Tennessee#412101 in 3,467
Alabama#44071 in 3,512
South Carolina#45861 in 3,363
Louisiana#46791 in 2,986
North Carolina#71261 in 7,835
Ohio#71771 in 10,001
Texas#905131 in 12,082
Georgia#93351 in 10,037
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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.

See more about Kirkland
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
83 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1997 at #1,045 (122 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,452
  • Highest: 1 in 15,452 boys born in 1997 were named Kirkland (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 172,289 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 30.9% of all boys named Kirkland (667) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s20#2,457 (1914)#3,173
1920s34#3,155 (1925)#3,593
1930s13#2,742 (1934)#3,138
1940s88#1,941 (1949)#2,592
1950s208#1,280 (1959)#1,756
1960s272#1,242 (1962)#1,556
1970s196#1,546 (1970)#2,268
1980s249#1,766 (1981)#2,282
1990s667#1,045 (1997)#1,935
2000s252#1,799 (2000)#4,240
2010s110#5,999 (2015)#7,245
2020s51#6,147 (2022)#7,753

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.

Kirkland in 1997

boys
#1,045
122 births · 1 in 15,452 boys

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #1,045Kirkland122
More about 1997

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 15,452 of them was named Kirkland, which outranked 90.3% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kirkland
  1. #1,040London123
  2. #1,040Prince123
  3. #1,040Vladimir123
  4. #1,045Kirkland122
  5. #1,045Chester122
  6. #1,045Lyle122
  7. #1,045Randolph122
  8. #1,051Gideon121
  9. #1,051Hasan121
  10. #1,051Jelani121

Tied with 5 names at #1,045; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,420Jaret#2,145 → #725
  2. ↑ 712Kobe#1,265 → #553
  3. ↑ 580Ronaldo#1,465 → #885
  4. ↑ 420Jarett#1,334 → #914
  5. ↑ 416Gianni#1,093 → #677
Fallers
  1. ↓ 562Shaquille#662 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 373Dalvin#977 → #1,350
  3. ↓ 355Montel#990 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 328Codie#884 → #1,212
  5. ↓ 328Jair#884 → #1,212

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997 →