How popular is the name Dirk?

Dirk ranks 988th among boys' names in US records, with 11,441 births since 1918. Over the past decade it accounts for 227.

Is Dirk a unisex name?

No. Dirk is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1954, when 451 children were given the name. It has been in use for 107 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Derk. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#988 of boy names

Pronounced D ER1 K (ARPABET)

Dirk is a boys' name, and first appears in 1918. It has been given to 11,441 children — the 988th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 227 births across the past decade, against a peak of 451 in a single year. That peak was in 1954.

Derk is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Dirk and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Dirk?: Dirk ranks 988th among boys' names in US records, with 11,441 births since 1918. Over the past decade it accounts for 227.
Is Dirk a unisex name?: No. Dirk is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Dirk most popular?: 1954, when 451 children were given the name. It has been in use for 107 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Dirk spelled?: Derk. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.