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Dirk

Pronounced /dɜːk/

Rank in 2024
#7,122
Born in 2024
12
Peak year
1954 · #341
Origin
German

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 12 boys were named Dirk, about 1 in every 142,943.
  • It peaked in 1954 with 438 babies, ranked #341.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1918.
  • 10,935 boys have been named Dirk since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Dirk per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. 0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 53 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 368 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,627 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,529 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,466 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 612 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 280 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Dirk.

  • A male given name from German or Dutch, equivalent to English Derek.
  • A surname transferred from the given name.
Origin
German
Say it
/dɜːk/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Dirk, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Derek

    Rank
    #258
    Born '24
    1,355
    Origin
    Germanic
    1880peak 19892024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Derik

    Rank
    #3,433
    Born '24
    34
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19872024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Darek

    Rank
    #3,753
    Born '24
    30
    Origin
    Germanic
    1880peak 19732024