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Dirk Boy Name


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Dirk name image The name Dirk is of Danish origin, and is a variation of Derek.  The table below indicates the number of times the name Dirk has been given to baby boys in recent years.  The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.  The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years. 

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Dirk
Use of the Name Dirk for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years50 Years25 Years10 Years5 Years2 Years1 Year
9,0628,0441,1550000
The table below indicates the number of times the name Dirk has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.  Dirk first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1947, which is the first year shown on the table.  Dirk last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1989, the last year shown on the table.  A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Dirk
 Used as a Boy NameUsed as a Girl Name
YearRankCountRankCount
194798352  
1948    
194978277  
195071293  
1951691102  
1952662109  
1953583152  
1954341433  
1955371380  
1956395364  
1957407365  
1958439315  
1959412369  
1960415365  
1961405378  
1962448313  
1963435336  
1964439333  
1965448298  
1966444298  
1967430311  
1968424331  
1969428340  
1970442342  
1971483275  
1972616163  
1973622161  
1974595180  
1975648159  
1976748123  
1977802114  
1978859100  
1979642176  
1980712148  
1981794121  
198290697  
1983760129  
1984786122  
1985848112  
1986882106  
198794899  
1988895114  
1989985107  
Totals:  9,062 0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Dirk as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.  Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Dirk appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 42 times during the last 125 years.


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