Kirkland

Popularity Trends

The name Kirkland is the #5,620 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,169 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 27.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,715 (40.8% percentile) for all time with 2,151 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,698 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 18 births since 1996.

Kirkland first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1996 for girls). Birth data for Kirkland is available in 93 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (93 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Kirkland has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.2% of all recorded births being male.

For boys, Kirkland reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 14.8% percentile (ranked #675) with 61 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 61 births per million (ranked 14.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kirkland ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 6.3% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Kirkland reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #857) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kirkland".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1996

First Recorded

1996

Peak Percentile

0.2%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#857

Current Rank

—

Female statistics

Total Births

2,151

Peak Births

122

Peak Year

1997

First Recorded

1914

Peak Percentile

14.8%

Current Percentile

0.2%

Peak Rank

#675

Current Rank

#909

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kirkland", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Kirkland.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Kirkland's popularity from 1913 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Kirkland at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Kirkland range from Tyra at 84.6% correlation to Darby at 82.3% correlation, with an average correlation level of 83.2%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Deja with 16.2K births (99% girls) and the least popular is Deionta with 57 births (100% boys).

Kirkland's share of births peaked at 61.1 births per million in 1997 (3.7 for girls in 1996 and 61.1 for boys in 1997). It reached its lowest point of 2.7 births per million (4% of peak) in 1947. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Kirkland had 3.8 births per million, 6% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Tyra

14.7k

84.64% (very strong)

Deja

16.2k

84.27% (very strong)

Kajal

369

83.96% (very strong)

Raiquan

83.79% (very strong)

Raekwon

2,271

83.22% (very strong)

Deionta

83.12% (very strong)

Dazha

115

82.98% (very strong)

Rayanne

1,253

82.75% (very strong)

Daja

2,399

82.51% (very strong)

Micheala

1,484

82.50% (very strong)

Raequon

82.34% (very strong)

Darby

11.1k

82.27% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Kirkland

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kirkland. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 89.7% confident that Kirkland is pronounced as KERK-luhnd, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KERK-land, at 10.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.

KERK-luhnd

89.7%

KERK-land

10.3%

KERK-luhnd (2 syllables)

Verified

89.7% confidence

K ER1 K L AH0 N D

KERK-land (2 syllables)

10.3% confidence

K ER1 K L AE0 N D

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K ER1 K L AH0 N D) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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