Dirk

Boy name

Dirk has been given to 10,955 babies in the U.S. since 1918. It peaked in 1954.

Meaning & origin /dɜːk/

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Dirk.

Origin: German, Dutch

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

10,955

Peak year

1954 (438 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1918

10-year trend

▼ -16%

Gender split

All boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Dirk.

10,760 babies since 1880

10,565 babies since 1904

10,159 babies since 1912

9,856 babies since 1880

9,666 babies since 1906

9,644 babies since 1919

9,474 babies since 1880

9,442 babies since 1917

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