Kirby
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #2,645 for girls
Kirby is a boys' name, meaning “church”. In 2025 it ranked 2,645th for girls in the US (65 babies).
What does Kirby mean?
“church”
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kirby a girl's or a boy's name?
Kirby is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 65 girls and 36 boys in the US.
How popular is Kirby in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 7 boys.
Kirby in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Kirby in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,645among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 65about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 65 girls in the US were named Kirby, making it the 2,645th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,734th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 367 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917. 36 boys were also named Kirby in 2025 (3,239th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Kirby in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1917, 12% of the babies named Kirby in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 64%, with more girls than boys since 2021.
Kirby in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,645 |
| 2024 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2023 | 55 | #3,014 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,734 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,850 |
| 1999 | 56 | #2,524 |
| 1998 | 69 | #2,101 |
| 1997 | 65 | #2,135 |
| 1996 | 115 | #1,429 |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,558 |
| 1994 | 115 | #1,397 |
| 1993 | 143 | #1,209 |
| 1992 | 148 | #1,181 |
| 1991 | 143 | #1,201 |
| 1990 | 162 | #1,086 |
| 1989 | 153 | #1,088 |
| 1988 | 152 | #1,050 |
| 1987 | 152 | #1,016 |
| 1986 | 161 | #981 |
| 1985 | 225 | #758 |
| 1984 | 367 | #526 |
| 1983 | 232 | #718 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,288 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,084 |
| 1957 | 20 | #2,562 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,897 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,227 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
Names like Kirby
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Kirby
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, “Kirby: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kirby, updated 20 October 2026.