Dirk — #6855 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dirk

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,935 babies named Dirk between 1918 and 2024, spanning 107 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dirk currently holds the #6855 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 438 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dirk performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 3,310 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Dirk shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,173 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Dirk in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dirk 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 10,935 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.