Kirt — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kirt

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,615 babies named Kirt between 1919 and 2008, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kirt currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 179 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kirt performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,377 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kirt shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 315 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Kirt in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kirt 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 3,615 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.