# Birk (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/birk/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “fortification”, “city” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 26 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 26 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From the Anglo-Norman surname, from Old English burh, burg (“fortification, city”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 12,765 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8,934 |
| 2019 | 7 | 9,887 |
| 2021 | 6 | 10,975 |

## People named Birk

- Birk Irving, American freestyle skier
- Birk Anders, German biathlete

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.