Boys' name · since 1948
Kirtland
Kirtland has 12 recorded births since 1948 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1950 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 12
- total births
- 1948–1950
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
Kirtland sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 12 recorded since 1948.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kirtland has been recorded 12 times among boys since 1948, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 1950.
- 12 total births
- 1948–1950 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 58% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kirtland's 12 recorded births place it above 27% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kirtland's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kirtland splits its recorded history at 1950: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1948 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1950 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kirtland popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1950
- Peak year (1950)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Kirtland by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Kirtland's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Kirtland births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1948–1950 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kirtland: Baby Name Since 1948 - 12 Births, Peak 1950." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kirtland. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kirtland 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 July 2026.