Kurt

Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362 · #2,258 for boys in 2025, 62 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1964 · 3,158 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
85,858
since 1894

Kurt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kurt has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201946peak #109, 1964boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,25862
2024—#2,09871
2023—#2,38757
2022—#1,91781
2021—#2,04072
2020—#1,67994
2019—#1,65897
2018—#1,72490
2017—#1,69593
2016—#1,421122
2015—#1,416121
2014—#1,447113
2013—#1,315131
2012—#1,490108
2011—#1,468111
2010—#1,462112
2009—#1,304134
2008—#1,251139
2007—#1,139157
2006—#1,008182
2005—#959182
2004—#785230
2003—#738244
2002—#670278
2001—#666273
2000—#608315
1999—#584334
1998—#544368
1997—#487439
1996—#456482
1995—#424537
1994—#411554
1993—#392587
1992—#346691
1991—#333744
1990—#274957
1989#12,3625#260973
1988—#2331,043
1987#9,8256#2291,023
1986#8,5237#2241,059
1985#8,3187#2281,015
1984—#229978
1983#10,2755#231971
1982#8,2247#2091,180
1981#6,8049#2141,160
1980#10,3925#1921,280
1979#8,0617#1941,250
1978#9,7505#2081,065
1977—#2021,119
1976—#2091,018
1975—#2021,085
1974—#1821,233
1973#6,0808#1861,235
1972#5,10910#1641,582
1971#5,5439#1551,873
1970#7,0706#1492,197
1969#3,77414#1322,281
1968#3,78913#1232,454
1967#5,4577#1132,742
1966#5,2737#1102,846
1965#3,73312#1122,875
1964#4,35510#1093,158
1963#4,5399#1163,132
1962#5,8606#1213,019
1961—#1292,827
1960#4,7738#1302,881
1959#5,5666#1292,816
1958#4,5208#1342,672
1957—#1412,428
1956—#1382,387
1955—#1501,933
1954—#1681,692
1953—#1771,515
1952—#1781,466
1951—#210944
1950—#233789
1949—#249671
1948—#303519
1947—#297535
1946—#334373
1945—#367264
1944—#348294
1943—#356296
1942—#377258
1941—#421193
1940—#415194
1939—#477143
1938—#502134
1937—#493135
1936—#556106
1935—#60592
1934—#73369
1933—#76264
1932—#79364
1931—#84156
1930—#71077
1929—#78867
1928—#83562
1927—#1,04145
1926—#93153
1925—#1,02245
1924—#1,11741
1923—#1,02647
1922—#1,28232
1921—#1,26733
1920—#1,18037
1919—#1,35128
1918—#1,25631
1917—#1,03340
1916—#1,26528
1915—#92545
1914—#1,05429
1913—#96926
1912—#1,09518
1911—#98212
1910—#1,4216
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1905—#1,0916
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First appearance
1894

The first year at least five boys were named Kurt! It came in at #857, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1895, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Kurt is popular in 1946

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedNHWashington: #187 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,623 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #183 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,067 boysMNIllinois: #219 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 2,665 boysILWisconsin: #140 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,194 boysWIMichigan: #221 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 2,632 boysMINew York: #210 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 3,051 boysNYMassachusetts: #183 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,607 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedRIOregon: #252 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,817 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedSDIowa: #238 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,691 boysIAIndiana: #349 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,691 boysINOhio: #226 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 2,800 boysOHPennsylvania: #226 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 3,602 boysPANew Jersey: #204 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,142 boysNJConnecticut: #146 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,891 boysCTCalifornia: #302 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 3,643 boysCAUtah: #201 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,360 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedCONebraska: #222 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,122 boysNEMissouri: #292 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,897 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedWVVirginia: #380 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,519 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#140 · 1 in 1,194
  2. Connecticut#146 · 1 in 1,891
  3. Minnesota#183 · 1 in 2,067
  4. Massachusetts#183 · 1 in 3,607
  5. Washington#187 · 1 in 1,623

Best ever in a state: #37 in Wisconsin, 1965.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#140291 in 1,194
Connecticut#146101 in 1,891
Massachusetts#183131 in 3,607
Minnesota#183151 in 2,067
Washington#187151 in 1,623
Utah#20161 in 1,360
New Jersey#204141 in 3,142
New York#210461 in 3,051
Illinois#219311 in 2,665
Michigan#221251 in 2,632
Nebraska#22261 in 2,122
Ohio#226291 in 2,800
Pennsylvania#226291 in 3,602
Iowa#238101 in 2,691
Oregon#25251 in 2,817
Missouri#292101 in 3,897
California#302291 in 3,643
Indiana#34961 in 6,691
Virginia#38061 in 5,519
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kurt
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 160 spots since 2024 (#2,098 → #2,258)
  • 579 spots since 2020 (#1,679 → #2,258)
  • 842 spots since 2015 (#1,416 → #2,258)
  • Biggest jump: 439 spots in 1911 (#1,421 → #982)
  • Biggest drop: 340 spots in 1916 (#925 → #1,265)
Rise & fade · boys
70 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1894
  • Peaked 1964 at #109 (3,158 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 84 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1928–2005
Share of babies · boys
1 in 627
  • Highest: 1 in 627 boys born in 1966 were named Kurt (0.16%)
  • Latest: 1 in 27,550 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #109 in 1964, was only 1 in 631 (0.16%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 32.9% of all boys named Kurt (28,215) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s21#778 (1896)#895
1900s17#1,091 (1905)#1,187
1910s263#925 (1915)#1,135
1920s462#788 (1929)#1,049
1930s940#477 (1939)#647
1940s3,597#249 (1949)#347
1950s18,642#129 (1959)#166
1960s28,215#109 (1964)#120
1970s13,657#149 (1970)#185
1980s10,682#192 (1980)#225
1990s5,693#274 (1990)#425
2000s2,134#608 (2000)#913
2010s1,098#1,315 (2013)#1,510
2020s437#1,679 (2020)#2,063

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kurt in 1946

boys
#334
373 births · 1 in 4,354 boys

Top boys' names in 1946

  1. #1James87,438
  2. #2Robert84,136
  3. #3John79,267
  4. #4William60,034
  5. #5Richard58,870
  6. #6David46,444
  7. #7Michael41,194
  8. #8Thomas38,877
  9. #9Charles38,215
  10. #10Ronald31,858
  11. #334Kurt373
More about 1946

boys

1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 4,354 of them was named Kurt, which outranked 91.7% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kurt
  1. #331Dallas382
  2. #331Marcus382
  3. #333Guadalupe380
  4. #334Kurt373
  5. #335Conrad367
  6. #336Buddy366
  7. #336Irvin366
Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. ↑ 584Zachary#1,536 → #952
  2. ↑ 514Patric#1,494 → #980
  3. ↑ 385Kris#1,296 → #911
  4. ↑ 385Rich#1,296 → #911
  5. ↑ 380Furman#1,270 → #890
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Layton#971 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 438Farris#971 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 394Delano#558 → #952
  4. ↓ 312Leopoldo#864 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 290Rosevelt#927 → #1,217

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1946 →