Kirk
A boys’ name of Old Norse origin, meaning church.
Babies a year
95
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies
Kirk by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Kirk. In the US, 95 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,554 babies in 1962, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kirk. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kiro10 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kirk
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