Dierk — boys' name
22 babies named Dierk in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
22 boys have been named Dierk since 1954, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2015.
- 22
- total births
- 1954–2015
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 32%
- born in that decade
32% of everyone ever named Dierk was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Dierk in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dierk
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Dierk between 1954 and 2015, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dierk currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dierk performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dierk shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dierk in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 22 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dierk at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dierk popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1954
- Peak year (2015)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
22 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 7 births in a single year.
Dierk by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 7 births that decade — 32% of Dierk's all-time total
Dierk decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dierk's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1954–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.