How popular is the name Kirby?

Kirby ranks 866th among boys' names in US records, with 19,482 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 499.

Is Kirby a unisex name?

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

1957, when 374 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

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

Boy name#866 of boy names

Pronounced K ER1 B IY0 (ARPABET)

Kirby is a boys' name, and first appears in 1881. It has been given to 19,482 children — the 866th most common boys' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 499 births across the past decade, against a peak of 374 in a single year. That peak was in 1957.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Kerby and Curby — because they are pronounced identically.

1957Boys: 374Girls: 20

These spellings sound identical to Kirby 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 Kirby?: Kirby ranks 866th among boys' names in US records, with 19,482 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 499.
Is Kirby a unisex name?: No. Kirby is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kirby most popular?: 1957, when 374 children were given the name. It has been in use for 144 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Kirby spelled?: Kerby, Curby. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.