Dierk
Dierk is a name with a single cultural origin: German.
- German
Meaning & Origin of Dierk
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dierk is a name with a single cultural origin: German.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Dierk
Dierk first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1954, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2015: 7 births, good for #9,567 nationwide. About 32% of every Dierk on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Dierk last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 22 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Dierk
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Names that sound like Dierk
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About the name Dierk
Dierk is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1954 and has accumulated 22 births in the dataset. Dierk's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #9,567. Use the chart and map above to compare Dierk's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.