Kirkland — #9022 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kirkland

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,159 babies named Kirkland between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kirkland currently holds the #9022 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 122 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kirkland performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 667 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Kirkland shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 87 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Kirkland in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kirkland 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 2,159 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.