Dirk
About Dirk
A perennial classic in the Netherlands, short-and-sweet Dirk is starting to feel like a fresher alternative to cousin Derek.
Pronounced DIRK.
As of October 2026, Dirk ranked #4747 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #341 in 1954.
Editor's take: The name Dirk is a boy's name of Dutch, Flemish origin.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,819 | 27 | 14.1 |
| 2015 | #4,104 | 25 | 13 |
| 2016 | #4,225 | 24 | 12.6 |
| 2017 | #3,331 | 34 | 18.4 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | #3,585 | 31 | 17.3 |
| 2020 | #4,045 | 25 | 14.5 |
| 2021 | #4,972 | 19 | 10.9 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | #4,919 | 20 | 11.7 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | #4,747 | 21 | 12.3 |
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Dirk on lists
Famous Dirks
- Dirk Werner Nowitzki
German pro basketball player
- Dirk Been
American reality TV personality on "Survivor"
- Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde)
English actor
- Dirk Kuyt
Dutch footballer
- Dirk Arthur Kempthorne
former U.S. Secretary of the Interior
- Dirk Maggs
British radio producer, director and writer
- Dirk Fock
Governor,General of the Dutch East Indies
Dirk in pop culture
- Dirk Strider
character in the web comic "Homestuck"
- Dirk Valentine
character in the Nancy Drew video game, "Secret of Shadow Ranch"
- Dirk Diggler
porn star character in the movie "Boogie Nights"
- Dirk Calloway
character in the movie "Rushmore"
- Dirk Pitt
character in a series of novels by Clive Cussler
- Dirk Mann
character in Disney Channel's "Bizaardvark"
- Dirk Gently
delightfully quirky character from Douglas Adams books and TV show Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
- Dirk Garthwaite aka The Wrecker
character in Marvel's Thor comics
- Dirk
character in the Mercedes Lackey fantasy series, "Arrows"