Kirk
Boy
Kirk is a boys' name, meaning “fellatio”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,539th for boys in the US (52 babies).
What does Kirk mean?
“fellatio”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kirk a girl's or a boy's name?
Kirk is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 52 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kirk in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kirk, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 56 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kirk in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kirk in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,367 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,343 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 30 | #807 |
| 2003 | 48 | #546 |
| 2002 | 56 | #444 |
| 2001 | 50 | #465 |
| 2000 | 31 | #654 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,001 |
| 1998 | 36 | #569 |
| 1997 | 48 | #457 |
| 1996 | 32 | #575 |
How popular is Kirk in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,539among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were named Kirk, making it the 2,539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,094th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 2,560 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kirk in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kirk in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #2,539 |
| 2024 | 52 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 52 | #2,540 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,492 |
| 2021 | 67 | #2,133 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,094 |
| 2019 | 76 | #1,937 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,045 |
| 2017 | 95 | #1,661 |
| 2016 | 80 | #1,863 |
| 2015 | 92 | #1,691 |
| 2014 | 104 | #1,536 |
| 2013 | 112 | #1,468 |
| 2012 | 97 | #1,601 |
| 2011 | 96 | #1,601 |
| 2010 | 102 | #1,558 |
| 2009 | 111 | #1,496 |
| 2008 | 95 | #1,633 |
| 2007 | 124 | #1,350 |
| 2006 | 121 | #1,345 |
| 2005 | 141 | #1,142 |
| 2004 | 140 | #1,127 |
| 2003 | 158 | #1,000 |
| 2002 | 161 | #975 |
| 2001 | 178 | #881 |
| 2000 | 189 | #843 |
| 1999 | 221 | #733 |
| 1998 | 231 | #717 |
| 1997 | 317 | #582 |
| 1996 | 303 | #593 |
| 1995 | 316 | #574 |
| 1994 | 379 | #520 |
| 1993 | 418 | #497 |
| 1992 | 515 | #430 |
| 1991 | 562 | #405 |
| 1990 | 698 | #347 |
| 1989 | 845 | #290 |
| 1988 | 803 | #287 |
| 1987 | 724 | #297 |
| 1986 | 642 | #316 |
| 1985 | 681 | #299 |
| 1984 | 691 | #293 |
| 1983 | 634 | #311 |
| 1982 | 661 | #301 |
| 1981 | 716 | #285 |
| 1980 | 789 | #272 |
| 1979 | 807 | #261 |
| 1978 | 716 | #273 |
| 1977 | 881 | #238 |
| 1976 | 890 | #228 |
| 1975 | 1,001 | #214 |
| 1974 | 1,122 | #196 |
| 1973 | 1,211 | #188 |
| 1972 | 1,350 | #180 |
| 1971 | 1,744 | #159 |
| 1970 | 1,919 | #158 |
| 1969 | 2,073 | #148 |
| 1968 | 2,012 | #143 |
| 1967 | 1,995 | #143 |
| 1966 | 1,839 | #154 |
| 1965 | 2,057 | #152 |
| 1964 | 2,232 | #147 |
| 1963 | 2,476 | #139 |
| 1962 | 2,560 | #138 |
| 1961 | 2,513 | #140 |
| 1960 | 2,447 | #142 |
| 1959 | 2,407 | #145 |
| 1958 | 2,340 | #147 |
| 1957 | 2,182 | #154 |
| 1956 | 1,908 | #162 |
| 1955 | 1,628 | #172 |
| 1954 | 1,375 | #190 |
| 1953 | 1,233 | #197 |
| 1952 | 1,122 | #199 |
| 1951 | 998 | #205 |
| 1950 | 1,030 | #199 |
| 1949 | 731 | #241 |
| 1948 | 338 | #369 |
| 1947 | 334 | #377 |
| 1946 | 248 | #405 |
| 1945 | 209 | #416 |
| 1944 | 220 | #404 |
| 1943 | 209 | #431 |
| 1942 | 169 | #472 |
| 1941 | 166 | #459 |
| 1940 | 131 | #505 |
| 1939 | 105 | #558 |
| 1938 | 80 | #672 |
| 1937 | 72 | #706 |
| 1936 | 53 | #832 |
| 1935 | 61 | #790 |
| 1934 | 60 | #798 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,202 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,157 |
| 1931 | 44 | #997 |
| 1930 | 45 | #1,021 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,055 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,165 |
| 1927 | 32 | #1,293 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,192 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,073 |
| 1924 | 50 | #993 |
| 1923 | 44 | #1,076 |
| 1922 | 41 | #1,107 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,448 |
| 1920 | 36 | #1,208 |
| 1919 | 39 | #1,097 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,231 |
| 1917 | 39 | #1,062 |
| 1916 | 38 | #1,043 |
| 1915 | 41 | #980 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,019 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,049 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,095 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 12 | #840 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 10 | #786 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 10 | #743 |
| 1901 | 11 | #637 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 12 | #596 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
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