Kirkland
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KURK-land
- Origin
- English
Kirkland is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “church land”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kirkland mean?
English: English and Scottish place name and surname
“church land”
From northern English and Scottish place names, using kirk, the northern word for church.
Is Kirkland a girl's or a boy's name?
Kirkland is a boys' name.
How popular is Kirkland in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 122 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Kirkland in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kirkland in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 32 | #2,878 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,737 |
| 2000 | 60 | #1,795 |
| 1999 | 92 | #1,308 |
| 1998 | 110 | #1,130 |
| 1997 | 122 | #1,043 |
| 1996 | 109 | #1,099 |
| 1995 | 101 | #1,133 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 40 | #1,904 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 33 | #1,944 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,970 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 29 | #1,974 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,291 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,545 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 23 | #1,649 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1964 | 30 | #1,434 |
| 1963 | 31 | #1,402 |
| 1962 | 39 | #1,241 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,399 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,279 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,592 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,043 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,764 |
| 1952 | 21 | #1,664 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,026 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,562 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
Nicknames for Kirkland
- Kirk 3 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kirkland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Kirkland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kirkland, updated 20 October 2026.