Meaning not yet researched.
Kirby: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 65 in 2025. Its best rank was #526 in 1984.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #526 in 1984; #2,671 in 2025. About 64% of babies named Kirby in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,671 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1984, at #526.
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Kirby: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 65 girls in 2025. Peak: #526 in 1984 · most girls in one year: 367 (1984).
In 2025, 65 US girls were named Kirby, making it the 2,671st most common girls’ name of the year, down 126 places from #2,545 in 2024. That is 5 fewer than the 70 girls named Kirby in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #526, reached in 1984. That year also had the most girls given the name: 367. For comparison, it was #4,924 in 2015 and #3,556 in 1950.
In 2025, 36 US boys were named Kirby, making it the 3,278th most common boys’ name of the year, down 695 places from #2,583 in 2024. That is 16 fewer than the 52 boys named Kirby in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #398, reached in 1954. The most boys given the name in a single year was 357, in 1957. For comparison, it was #2,377 in 2015 and #442 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Kirby in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 18,495 US babies have been given the name, 21% of them girls and 79% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 3,130 babies named Kirby.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 497 US girls were named Kirby; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 70. In 2025 that was about 1 in 24,727 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Kirby ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #788 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Kerby, Kirbie and Kirbi are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Kerby (1,006), Kirbie (212), Kirbi (191), Kerbi (47), Kirbee (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Kirby in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 6 | #788 | — |
| Texas | 16 | #1,503 | #2,745 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,671 | 36 | #3,278 |
| 2024 | 70 | #2,545 | 52 | #2,583 |
| 2023 | 55 | #3,036 | 47 | #2,758 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,770 | 44 | #2,896 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,771 | 39 | #3,098 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,751 | 52 | #2,489 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,215 | 43 | #2,881 |
| 2018 | 46 | #3,420 | 51 | #2,532 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,340 | 45 | #2,740 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,588 | 44 | #2,746 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,924 | 55 | #2,377 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,608 | 40 | #2,912 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,075 | 44 | #2,690 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,779 | 48 | #2,575 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,462 | 51 | #2,461 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,713 | 50 | #2,492 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,639 | 47 | #2,643 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,586 | 49 | #2,566 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,701 | 64 | #2,128 |
| 2006 | 22 | #6,031 | 53 | #2,366 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,698 | 50 | #2,350 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,465 | 60 | #2,010 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,744 | 54 | #2,092 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,449 | 64 | #1,802 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,344 | 82 | #1,491 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,881 | 73 | #1,622 |
| 1999 | 56 | #2,550 | 86 | #1,379 |
| 1998 | 69 | #2,113 | 100 | #1,227 |
| 1997 | 65 | #2,147 | 115 | #1,108 |
| 1996 | 115 | #1,433 | 131 | #972 |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,571 | 129 | #979 |
| 1994 | 115 | #1,406 | 136 | #948 |
| 1993 | 143 | #1,216 | 173 | #804 |
| 1992 | 148 | #1,185 | 194 | #743 |
| 1991 | 143 | #1,210 | 177 | #772 |
| 1990 | 162 | #1,090 | 167 | #785 |
| 1989 | 153 | #1,095 | 196 | #702 |
| 1988 | 152 | #1,052 | 186 | #688 |
| 1987 | 152 | #1,019 | 117 | #864 |
| 1986 | 161 | #982 | 130 | #798 |
| 1985 | 225 | #760 | 127 | #791 |
| 1984 | 367 | #526 | 142 | #732 |
| 1983 | 232 | #719 | 147 | #707 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,822 | 78 | #1,030 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,755 | 111 | #835 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,672 | 104 | #875 |
| 1979 | — | — | 107 | #839 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,746 | 89 | #918 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,088 | 129 | #754 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,685 | 118 | #766 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,535 | 145 | #688 |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,253 | 146 | #675 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,783 | 151 | #646 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,794 | 266 | #481 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,761 | 290 | #476 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,598 | 148 | #677 |
| 1969 | 7 | #6,265 | 173 | #595 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,570 | 190 | #547 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,948 | 192 | #538 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,073 | 188 | #558 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,836 | 212 | #527 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,787 | 230 | #515 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,704 | 253 | #506 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,900 | 277 | #478 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,693 | 291 | #474 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,442 | 345 | #434 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,314 | 343 | #430 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,165 | 342 | #425 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,603 | 357 | #411 |
| 1956 | 10 | #4,036 | 344 | #411 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,289 | 271 | #450 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,909 | 326 | #398 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,837 | 288 | #415 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,985 | 265 | #430 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,812 | 247 | #431 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,556 | 226 | #442 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,285 | 197 | #469 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,739 | 199 | #474 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,981 | 209 | #466 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,272 | 191 | #460 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,268 | 106 | #587 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,539 | 110 | #587 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,363 | 139 | #534 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,371 | 136 | #523 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,196 | 120 | #544 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,495 | 102 | #587 |
| 1939 | — | — | 96 | #590 |
| 1938 | — | — | 74 | #712 |
| 1937 | — | — | 97 | #585 |
| 1936 | — | — | 82 | #639 |
| 1935 | — | — | 68 | #745 |
| 1934 | — | — | 74 | #713 |
| 1933 | 9 | #3,002 | 59 | #805 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,166 | 64 | #798 |
| 1931 | — | — | 51 | #906 |
| 1930 | — | — | 66 | #799 |
| 1929 | — | — | 71 | #760 |
| 1928 | — | — | 59 | #867 |
| 1927 | — | — | 53 | #959 |
| 1926 | — | — | 77 | #728 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,400 | 48 | #992 |
| 1924 | — | — | 71 | #805 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,681 | 61 | #877 |
| 1922 | — | — | 62 | #878 |
| 1921 | — | — | 58 | #928 |
| 1920 | — | — | 60 | #892 |
| 1919 | — | — | 54 | #913 |
| 1918 | — | — | 52 | #926 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,521 | 59 | #837 |
| 1916 | — | — | 55 | #849 |
| 1915 | — | — | 59 | #786 |
| 1914 | — | — | 38 | #891 |
| 1913 | — | — | 30 | #908 |
| 1912 | — | — | 25 | #906 |
| 1911 | — | — | 18 | #779 |
| 1910 | — | — | 13 | #903 |
| 1909 | — | — | 13 | #822 |
| 1908 | — | — | 9 | #990 |
| 1907 | — | — | 12 | #796 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,341 |
| 1905 | — | — | 8 | #967 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #1,023 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,218 |
| 1902 | — | — | 8 | #893 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #815 |
| 1900 | — | — | 13 | #716 |
| 1899 | — | — | 7 | #907 |
| 1898 | — | — | 9 | #782 |
| 1897 | — | — | 13 | #598 |
| 1896 | — | — | 10 | #756 |
| 1895 | — | — | 8 | #837 |
| 1894 | — | — | 8 | #824 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #736 |
| 1892 | — | — | 10 | #719 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #808 |
| 1890 | — | — | 12 | #582 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #992 |
| 1887 | — | — | 7 | #792 |
| 1886 | — | — | 10 | #624 |
| 1885 | — | — | 14 | #512 |
| 1883 | — | — | 8 | #701 |
| 1882 | — | — | 6 | #897 |
| 1881 | — | — | 5 | #948 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).