Dirk
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Dirk is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Dirk mean?
Germanic
A male given name from German or Dutch, equivalent to English Derek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Dirk a girl's or a boy's name?
Dirk is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dirk in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 5 boys.
Dirk in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Dirk in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Dirk, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 438 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
2025 had more boys named Dirk than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Dirk in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dirk in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 42 | #2,827 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,764 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,577 |
| 2005 | 50 | #2,321 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 47 | #2,265 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,060 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,065 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,498 |
| 1996 | 60 | #1,613 |
| 1995 | 49 | #1,777 |
| 1994 | 57 | #1,603 |
| 1993 | 67 | #1,415 |
| 1992 | 67 | #1,377 |
| 1991 | 76 | #1,276 |
| 1990 | 82 | #1,196 |
| 1989 | 107 | #982 |
| 1988 | 115 | #889 |
| 1987 | 100 | #942 |
| 1986 | 106 | #880 |
| 1985 | 112 | #852 |
| 1984 | 122 | #784 |
| 1983 | 128 | #763 |
| 1982 | 97 | #907 |
| 1981 | 121 | #796 |
| 1980 | 148 | #714 |
| 1979 | 176 | #643 |
| 1978 | 102 | #847 |
| 1977 | 115 | #796 |
| 1976 | 122 | #753 |
| 1975 | 159 | #650 |
| 1974 | 180 | #595 |
| 1973 | 159 | #623 |
| 1972 | 164 | #615 |
| 1971 | 277 | #483 |
| 1970 | 342 | #442 |
| 1969 | 343 | #425 |
| 1968 | 330 | #425 |
| 1967 | 312 | #429 |
| 1966 | 298 | #444 |
| 1965 | 302 | #446 |
| 1964 | 333 | #438 |
| 1963 | 336 | #435 |
| 1962 | 314 | #446 |
| 1961 | 379 | #405 |
| 1960 | 363 | #416 |
| 1959 | 371 | #412 |
| 1958 | 314 | #444 |
| 1957 | 369 | #404 |
| 1956 | 365 | #394 |
| 1955 | 377 | #370 |
| 1954 | 438 | #340 |
| 1953 | 150 | #586 |
| 1952 | 109 | #659 |
| 1951 | 101 | #696 |
| 1950 | 94 | #705 |
| 1949 | 78 | #778 |
| 1948 | 47 | #1,022 |
| 1947 | 52 | #983 |
| 1946 | 36 | #1,156 |
| 1945 | 33 | #1,138 |
| 1944 | 32 | #1,173 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,214 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,244 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,238 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,559 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,528 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,584 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,860 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,644 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,465 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,002 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
Names like Dirk
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
David Daniel Billy Patrick Reggie Robin Mark Michael Ryan Robbie Ronnie Danny
More Germanic names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dirk: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dirk, updated 20 October 2026.