Kirkwood — boys' name
35 babies named Kirkwood in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Kirkwood was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Kirkwood in 1914 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kirkwood
The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Kirkwood between 1914 and 1989, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kirkwood currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kirkwood performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kirkwood shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kirkwood 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 35 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.
Kirkwood at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kirkwood popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1914
- Peak year (1914)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
35 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1914 with 5 births in a single year.
Kirkwood by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 10 births that decade — 29% of Kirkwood's all-time total
Kirkwood decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Kirkwood's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% 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, 1914–1989 (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.