as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, originally a northern English and Scottish local name for someone who lived near a church (from Old Norse kirkja). Recent use has probably been influenced to some extent by the film actor Kirk Douglas (b. 1916 as Issur Danielovich Demsky).
| 584th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 71,022
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Kirk per capita
- 1962
- marked the height of its popularity
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65%
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12%
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