Kirby

Unisex

Kirby has been given to 18,495 babies in the U.S. since 1881. It peaked in 1984.

Meaning & origin /ˈkɝbi/

Originally Kirkby, from kirk (“church”) +&lrm; -by (“habitation”)API, "village with a church".

Origin: surnames

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

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Total babies

18,495

Peak year

1984 (509 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1881

10-year trend

▲ +22%

Gender split

21% girls / 79% boys

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

18,448 babies since 1894

18,444 babies since 1948

18,033 babies since 1914

17,968 babies since 1938

19,121 babies since 1948

19,361 babies since 1967

19,409 babies since 1965

19,906 babies since 1880

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