How rare is the name Dirk?

10,024 people in the United States have the first name Dirk, about 1 in 30,131. It ranks #2,460 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DIRK

#2,460

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,024
About
1 in 30,131
This common or more
79.9%
Who bears it

Of the 10,024 people named Dirk, 87.6% reported their origin as White, 5.6% as Black and 3.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dirk peaked in 1954, when 438 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19182025
Peak year
1954
Births that year
438
In 2025*
21 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 10,955 babies have been given the name since 1918. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Dirk by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #963. The largest share of babies named Dirk, 42.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#10,9266
1920s#6,43671
1930s#3,211188
1940s#2,426369
1950s#9892,688
1960s#9633,310
1970s#1,3931,796
1980s#2,0111,156
1990s#3,861581
2000s#6,292395
2010s#8,423279
2020s#10,568116
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–453.4%
Baby boom 1946–6442.2%
Generation X 1965–8032.2%
Millennials 1981–9613.4%
Generation Z 1997–125.6%
2013 and later2.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Dirk is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dirk has been most common in Utah (3.3×), Montana (3×), and Iowa (2.7×), and least common in North Carolina (0.27×).

7,156 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Dirk

1 other first name also has 10,024 people.

#2,460 Jamari · 10,024

Either side of Dirk

#2,458 Karly · 10,043#2,459 Gracelyn · 10,027#2,460 Jamari · 10,024#2,462 Desirae · 10,017

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dirk, most common first.

#42,763 Dirck · 167

Also a last name

As a last name, Dirk ranks #41,034 of 156,621, with 573 people. See Dirk as a last name

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