Kirt

Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037

Peak · boys
1962 · 179 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,615
since 1919

Kirt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kirt has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #583, 1962boys
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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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2008#11,0376
2007#7,09411
2006#8,7328
2005#11,4725
2004—
2003#7,8318
2002—
2001#6,44510
2000#7,4168
1999#7,8747
1998#5,46611
1997#4,96012
1996#4,39614
1995#3,55918
1994#3,75117
1993#3,66117
1992#3,33819
1991#2,60626
1990#2,21432
1989#1,85840
1988#2,19728
1987#1,79336
1986#1,96230
1985#1,83432
1984#1,76432
1983#1,37546
1982#1,36248
1981#1,25953
1980#1,27253
1979#1,22156
1978#1,24052
1977#1,22152
1976#1,19052
1975#1,00067
1974#94275
1973#84289
1972#757110
1971#81698
1970#742123
1969#696129
1968#634143
1967#600155
1966#634136
1965#631144
1964#655140
1963#661139
1962#583179
1961#762102
1960#733110
1959#77697
1958#80786
1957#689123
1956#87473
1955#97160
1954#93363
1953#90862
1952#1,13642
1951#1,21836
1950#1,25633
1949#1,58322
1948#1,43026
1947#1,64621
1946#2,40310
1945#2,00912
1944#2,4679
1943#1,91015
1942#2,9407
1941#3,1336
1940#2,6718
1939#2,6098
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five boys were named Kirt! It came in at #3,736, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1931, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Kirt is popular in 1919

No state had 5 or more boys named Kirt in 1919, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Kirt
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
  • Biggest jump: 228 spots in 1953 (#1,136 → #908)
  • Biggest drop: 190 spots in 1976 (#1,000 → #1,190)
Rise & fade · boys
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1962 at #583 (179 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1953–1975
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,250
  • Highest: 1 in 11,250 boys born in 1967 were named Kirt (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 340,025 boys born in 2008 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #583 in 1962, was only 1 in 11,557 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 38.1% of all boys named Kirt (1,377) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#3,736 (1919)#3,736
1920s0——
1930s20#2,609 (1939)#3,039
1940s136#1,430 (1948)#2,219
1950s675#689 (1957)#957
1960s1,377#583 (1962)#659
1970s774#742 (1970)#997
1980s398#1,259 (1981)#1,668
1990s173#2,214 (1990)#4,183
2000s56#6,445 (2001)#8,575

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.

Kirt in 1919

boys
#3,736
6 births · 1 in 163,354 boys

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #3,736Kirt6
More about 1919

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 163,354 of them was named Kirt, which outranked 22.3% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kirt
  1. #3,391Windsor7
  2. #3,391Wofford7
  3. #3,391Wren7
  4. #3,736Kirt6
  5. #3,736Achilles6
  6. #3,736Ade6
  7. #3,736Akio6
  8. #4,168Aarne5
  9. #4,168Able5
  10. #4,168Alba5

Tied with 431 names at #3,736; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 446Quinten#1,313 → #867
  2. ↑ 432Dempsey#1,012 → #580
  3. ↑ 341Winton#1,231 → #890
  4. ↑ 334Donnie#1,211 → #877
  5. ↑ 332Edsel#1,062 → #730
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,008Foch#869 → #2,877
  2. ↓ 582Carmel#949 → #1,531
  3. ↓ 403Eligah#918 → #1,321
  4. ↓ 398Nels#809 → #1,207
  5. ↓ 355Myer#966 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919 →