Kirby
64% girls · 36% boys
About Kirby
Unisex name around for several decades for boys and now ripe for girls.
Kirby for boys#3278 US
Attractive British place-name with a sense of humor. Fun fact: John Wayne played five characters with the first or second name of Kirby.
Pronounced KER-bee.
As of October 2026, Kirby ranked #2671 for girls and #3278 for boys in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #526 for girls in 1984 and #398 for boys in 1954.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,608 | 31 | #2,912 | 40 |
| 2015 | #4,924 | 28 | #2,377 | 55 |
| 2016 | #4,586 | 31 | #2,746 | 44 |
| 2017 | #4,338 | 33 | #2,740 | 45 |
| 2018 | #3,419 | 46 | #2,531 | 51 |
| 2019 | #4,214 | 34 | #2,881 | 43 |
| 2020 | #3,751 | 39 | #2,488 | 52 |
| 2021 | #2,768 | 62 | #3,097 | 39 |
| 2022 | #2,769 | 62 | #2,893 | 44 |
| 2023 | #3,034 | 55 | #2,757 | 47 |
| 2024 | #2,539 | 70 | #2,578 | 52 |
| 2025 | #2,671 | 65 | #3,278 | 36 |
World rankings
Kirby for girls
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Famous Kirbys
- Kirby Bliss BlantonGirl
American actress
- Kirby GriffinGirl
American model
- Kirby Lane LarsonGirl
American children's book author
- Kirby BumpusGirl
daughter of American journalist Gayle King
- Vanessa KirbyGirl
English actress
- (Anthony) Kirby PuckettBoy
American baseball player
- Kirby Bryan DickBoy
documentary filmmaker
- Kirby WrightBoy
American novelist
- Kirby ChamblissBoy
American stunt pilot
- Stanton "Kirby" DoyleBoy
American poet
- Kirby GrantBoy
American actor
- Kirby LawBoy
Canadian ice hockey player
- Kirby MackBoy
American pro wrestler
- Kirby Robert MorrowBoy
Canadian actor, voice actor, writer and comedian
- (Edmund) Kirby SmithBoy
U.S. Confederate Civil War general
- Kirby Keyes WilsonBoy
American football coach
- Kirby DachBoy
Canadian ice hockey player
- Kirby Paul SmartBoy
American football coach
Kirby in pop culture
- Kirby ReedGirl
character in film "Scream 4"
- Kirby GreenlandGirl
character in book "I Am Not Esther" by Fleur Beale
- Kirby AndersGirl
Character in Tv Show "Dynasty"
- KirbyGirl
character in movie "Project X"
- KirbyBoy
Nintendo video game character
- Kirby KeagerBoy
main character in film "St. Elmo's Fire"
- Kirby YorkBoy
main character on TV's "Fort Apache"
- Kirby MorrisBoy
character on TV's "The Suite Life on Deck"
- Kirby AllbeeBoy
character in "The Victim" (1947) by Saul Bellow
- Kirby ScrogginsBoy
character on TV's "The Torkelsons"
- "Kirby BucketsBoy
" TV series and its main character
- Kirby O'NeilBoy
father of April O'Neil in the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" series
- KirbyBoy
character in animated film "The Brave Little Toaster"
- KirbyBoy
alien child in animated film "Chicken Little"
- KirbyBoy
character on "The Adventure Zone: Amnesty"