Kirby — #2550 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kirby

The Social Security Administration has registered 14,497 babies named Kirby between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kirby currently holds the #2550 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 358 babies received it in a single year. Kirby is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 3,898 additional births since 1917.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kirby performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 3,009 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Kirby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,383 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kirby in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kirby 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 14,497 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.