Boy
Kirk
Kirk is a boy's name meaning "church". It was at its most popular in the 1960s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is a solidly familiar choice. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
ScottishScottish, from Old Norse "kirkja"
EtymologyMeaning "church"
Births by decade
1900s
68
1910s
284
1920s
387
1930s
584
1940s
2,755
1950s
16,246
1960s
22,291
1970s
11,692
1980s
7,227
1990s
3,964
2000s
1,417
2010s
777
Peaked in the 1960s · 67,692 total U.S. births since 1900