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
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 122 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,160since 1914
Kirkland over time
Rank among boys' names. Kirkland has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,147 | 14 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,999 | 14 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,241 | 13 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,626 | 12 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,554 | 16 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,393 | 13 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,901 | 14 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,303 | 16 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,815 | 24 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,735 | 24 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,276 | 19 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,882 | 32 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,742 | 34 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,799 | 60 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #1,311 | 92 |
| 1998 | — | #1,133 | 110 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,045 | 122 | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #1,101 | 109 |
| 1995 | — | #1,137 | 101 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,042 | 22 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,220 | 20 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,606 | 26 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,909 | 40 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,690 | 23 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,949 | 33 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,974 | 31 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,005 | 16 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,975 | 29 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,292 | 22 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,017 | 26 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,426 | 20 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,766 | 32 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,310 | 21 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,568 | 17 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,791 | 15 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,826 | 14 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,540 | 16 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,199 | 19 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,982 | 21 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,987 | 21 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,546 | 30 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,914 | 19 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,650 | 23 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,652 | 22 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,891 | 17 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,669 | 22 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,435 | 30 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,403 | 31 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,242 | 39 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,303 | 37 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,400 | 32 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,280 | 37 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,593 | 24 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,821 | 19 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,682 | 21 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,044 | 15 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,665 | 21 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,553 | 23 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,027 | 14 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,030 | 13 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,083 | 12 | |
| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
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| 1934 | — | #2,742 | 8 | |
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| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
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| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,260 | 8 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
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| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
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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
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- Mississippi#289 · 1 in 1,496
- Kentucky#367 · 1 in 3,870
- Tennessee#412 · 1 in 3,467
- Alabama#440 · 1 in 3,512
- South Carolina#458 · 1 in 3,363
Best ever in a state: #231 in West Virginia, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #289 | 10 | 1 in 1,496 |
| Kentucky | #367 | 6 | 1 in 3,870 |
| Tennessee | #412 | 10 | 1 in 3,467 |
| Alabama | #440 | 7 | 1 in 3,512 |
| South Carolina | #458 | 6 | 1 in 3,363 |
| Louisiana | #467 | 9 | 1 in 2,986 |
| North Carolina | #712 | 6 | 1 in 7,835 |
| Ohio | #717 | 7 | 1 in 10,001 |
| Texas | #905 | 13 | 1 in 12,082 |
| Georgia | #933 | 5 | 1 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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1997 at #1,045 (122 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 30.9% of all boys named Kirkland (667) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | #2,457 (1914) | #3,173 |
| 1920s | 34 | #3,155 (1925) | #3,593 |
| 1930s | 13 | #2,742 (1934) | #3,138 |
| 1940s | 88 | #1,941 (1949) | #2,592 |
| 1950s | 208 | #1,280 (1959) | #1,756 |
| 1960s | 272 | #1,242 (1962) | #1,556 |
| 1970s | 196 | #1,546 (1970) | #2,268 |
| 1980s | 249 | #1,766 (1981) | #2,282 |
| 1990s | 667 | #1,045 (1997) | #1,935 |
| 2000s | 252 | #1,799 (2000) | #4,240 |
| 2010s | 110 | #5,999 (2015) | #7,245 |
| 2020s | 51 | #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
Top boys' names in 1997
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).
- #1,040London123
- #1,040Prince123
- #1,040Vladimir123
- #1,045Kirkland122
- #1,045Chester122
- #1,045Lyle122
- #1,045Randolph122
- #1,051Gideon121
- #1,051Hasan121
- #1,051Jelani121
Tied with 5 names at #1,045; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.