Kirby
Kirby was the 2671st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 65 babies. Its best year was 1984, when it ranked 526th with 367 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,253 places. More babies were named Kirby in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,671 girls, up 1,080 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 65girls
- Girls and boys
- 59% girls, 41% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1984367 babies
- Total since 1880
- 18,495babies recorded
Kirby popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,671 | #3,278 | 65 | 36 |
| 2020 | #3,751 | #2,489 | 39 | 52 |
| 2010 | #5,713 | #2,492 | 24 | 50 |
| 2000 | #2,881 | #1,622 | 50 | 73 |
| 1990 | #1,090 | #785 | 162 | 167 |
| 1980 | #9,672 | #875 | 6 | 104 |
| 1970 | #5,598 | #677 | 9 | 148 |
| 1960 | #3,442 | #434 | 14 | 345 |
| 1950 | #3,556 | #442 | 10 | 226 |
| 1940 | #2,495 | #587 | 12 | 102 |
| 1930 | — | #799 | — | 66 |
| 1920 | — | #892 | — | 60 |
| 1910 | — | #903 | — | 13 |
| 1900 | — | #716 | — | 13 |
| 1890 | — | #582 | — | 12 |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Kirby, counting every spelling?
Kirby has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kirby?
65 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kirby (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kirby born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 129 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kirby.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kirby?
About 3,800 people born in the US named Kirby are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 27 and 41. That makes Kirby mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kirby by state
How common Kirby was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (2.6×). In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kirby: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kirby, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kirby
How popular is the name Kirby?
Kirby was the 2671st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 65 babies. Its best year was 1984, when it ranked 526th with 367 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,253 places. More babies were named Kirby in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Kirby a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 59% girls, 41% boys given the name Kirby in the US.
Where is Kirby most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kirby was most common in Texas (0.10 per 1,000 girls), followed by Minnesota and Georgia.