Boys' name · since 1933
Dirl
Dirl has 12 recorded births since 1933 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1933 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,549 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 12
- born since 1933
- 1930s
- peak decade
12 boys have been named Dirl since 1933, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dirl has 12 recorded births among boys since 1933, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 1946.
- #32,549 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 12 born since 1933
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dirl ranks #32,549 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1933, peaking in the 1930s.
- #32,549 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 12
- born since 1933
- 1930s
- peak decade
Dirl's 12 recorded births place it above 27.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dirl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dirl's full recorded timeline at 1946, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1946, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1933 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dirl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–1946
- Peak year (1933)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Dirl by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
1930s was Dirl's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Dirl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
7 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Dirl's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 1940s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dirl: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1933)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1933–1946 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dirl draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.