Kirtley — boys' name
12 babies named Kirtley in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Kirtley was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Kirtley in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kirtley
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Kirtley between 1949 and 1960, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kirtley currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kirtley performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kirtley shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kirtley 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 12 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.
Kirtley at a glance
Last recorded 1960Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kirtley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1949
- Peak year (1949)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1960.
12 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 6 births in a single year.
Kirtley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 6 births that decade — 50% of Kirtley's all-time total
Kirtley decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Kirtley's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1949–1960 (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.