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
- Peak · boys
- 1964 · 3,158 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 85,858since 1894
Kurt over time
Rank among boys' names. Kurt has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,258 | 62 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,098 | 71 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,387 | 57 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,917 | 81 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,040 | 72 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,679 | 94 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,658 | 97 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,724 | 90 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,695 | 93 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,421 | 122 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,416 | 121 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,447 | 113 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,315 | 131 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,490 | 108 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,468 | 111 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,462 | 112 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,304 | 134 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,251 | 139 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,139 | 157 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,008 | 182 | |
| 2005 | — | #959 | 182 | |
| 2004 | — | #785 | 230 | |
| 2003 | — | #738 | 244 | |
| 2002 | — | #670 | 278 | |
| 2001 | — | #666 | 273 | |
| 2000 | — | #608 | 315 | |
| 1999 | — | #584 | 334 | |
| 1998 | — | #544 | 368 | |
| 1997 | — | #487 | 439 | |
| 1996 | — | #456 | 482 | |
| 1995 | — | #424 | 537 | |
| 1994 | — | #411 | 554 | |
| 1993 | — | #392 | 587 | |
| 1992 | — | #346 | 691 | |
| 1991 | — | #333 | 744 | |
| 1990 | — | #274 | 957 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #260 | 973 |
| 1988 | — | #233 | 1,043 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #229 | 1,023 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #224 | 1,059 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #228 | 1,015 |
| 1984 | — | #229 | 978 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #231 | 971 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #209 | 1,180 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #214 | 1,160 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #192 | 1,280 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #194 | 1,250 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #208 | 1,065 |
| 1977 | — | #202 | 1,119 | |
| 1976 | — | #209 | 1,018 | |
| 1975 | — | #202 | 1,085 | |
| 1974 | — | #182 | 1,233 | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #186 | 1,235 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | #164 | 1,582 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #155 | 1,873 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #149 | 2,197 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | #132 | 2,281 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | #123 | 2,454 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #113 | 2,742 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #110 | 2,846 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | #112 | 2,875 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #109 | 3,158 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #116 | 3,132 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #121 | 3,019 |
| 1961 | — | #129 | 2,827 | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #130 | 2,881 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #129 | 2,816 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #134 | 2,672 |
| 1957 | — | #141 | 2,428 | |
| 1956 | — | #138 | 2,387 | |
| 1955 | — | #150 | 1,933 | |
| 1954 | — | #168 | 1,692 | |
| 1953 | — | #177 | 1,515 | |
| 1952 | — | #178 | 1,466 | |
| 1951 | — | #210 | 944 | |
| 1950 | — | #233 | 789 | |
| 1949 | — | #249 | 671 | |
| 1948 | — | #303 | 519 | |
| 1947 | — | #297 | 535 | |
| 1946 | — | #334 | 373 | |
| 1945 | — | #367 | 264 | |
| 1944 | — | #348 | 294 | |
| 1943 | — | #356 | 296 | |
| 1942 | — | #377 | 258 | |
| 1941 | — | #421 | 193 | |
| 1940 | — | #415 | 194 | |
| 1939 | — | #477 | 143 | |
| 1938 | — | #502 | 134 | |
| 1937 | — | #493 | 135 | |
| 1936 | — | #556 | 106 | |
| 1935 | — | #605 | 92 | |
| 1934 | — | #733 | 69 | |
| 1933 | — | #762 | 64 | |
| 1932 | — | #793 | 64 | |
| 1931 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1930 | — | #710 | 77 | |
| 1929 | — | #788 | 67 | |
| 1928 | — | #835 | 62 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,041 | 45 | |
| 1926 | — | #931 | 53 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,022 | 45 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,117 | 41 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,026 | 47 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,282 | 32 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,267 | 33 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,180 | 37 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,351 | 28 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,256 | 31 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,033 | 40 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,265 | 28 | |
| 1915 | — | #925 | 45 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,054 | 29 | |
| 1913 | — | #969 | 26 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,095 | 18 | |
| 1911 | — | #982 | 12 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #778 | 9 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#57 · 1 in 249
- North Dakota#66 · 1 in 280
- Michigan#76 · 1 in 377
- Minnesota#78 · 1 in 419
- Iowa#79 · 1 in 365
Best ever in a state: #37 in Wisconsin, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #57 | 191 | 1 in 249 |
| North Dakota | #66 | 27 | 1 in 280 |
| Michigan | #76 | 256 | 1 in 377 |
| Minnesota | #78 | 101 | 1 in 419 |
| Iowa | #79 | 85 | 1 in 365 |
| Rhode Island | #81 | 14 | 1 in 635 |
| Illinois | #82 | 254 | 1 in 458 |
| Colorado | #83 | 58 | 1 in 367 |
| Nebraska | #85 | 41 | 1 in 394 |
| Oregon | #86 | 46 | 1 in 373 |
| Vermont | #87 | 8 | 1 in 511 |
| South Dakota | #88 | 19 | 1 in 427 |
| Idaho | #90 | 20 | 1 in 379 |
| Washington | #90 | 80 | 1 in 393 |
| Connecticut | #92 | 42 | 1 in 634 |
| Kansas | #93 | 54 | 1 in 441 |
| Wyoming | #96 | 9 | 1 in 369 |
| New Jersey | #101 | 89 | 1 in 689 |
| Massachusetts | #102 | 58 | 1 in 973 |
| Indiana | #104 | 95 | 1 in 577 |
| Utah | #105 | 25 | 1 in 475 |
| Maine | #111 | 15 | 1 in 709 |
| Ohio | #113 | 156 | 1 in 726 |
| New Hampshire | #114 | 8 | 1 in 756 |
| Pennsylvania | #116 | 152 | 1 in 801 |
| Alaska | #117 | 6 | 1 in 485 |
| California | #117 | 309 | 1 in 581 |
| Missouri | #122 | 75 | 1 in 657 |
| Hawaii | #128 | 15 | 1 in 476 |
| Montana | #135 | 12 | 1 in 651 |
| New York | #142 | 186 | 1 in 973 |
| New Mexico | #167 | 16 | 1 in 833 |
| District of Columbia | #175 | 13 | 1 in 1,143 |
| Maryland | #175 | 26 | 1 in 1,264 |
| Oklahoma | #186 | 22 | 1 in 1,091 |
| Arizona | #200 | 15 | 1 in 1,077 |
| Florida | #206 | 39 | 1 in 1,377 |
| Louisiana | #224 | 32 | 1 in 1,332 |
| Virginia | #232 | 23 | 1 in 1,878 |
| West Virginia | #304 | 5 | 1 in 4,015 |
| Kentucky | #305 | 10 | 1 in 3,618 |
| Texas | #311 | 59 | 1 in 2,088 |
| Georgia | #332 | 15 | 1 in 3,198 |
| Tennessee | #386 | 7 | 1 in 5,694 |
| North Carolina | #397 | 10 | 1 in 5,264 |
| Alabama | #497 | 5 | 1 in 7,692 |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1964 at #109 (3,158 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 84 yrs · run 1928–2005
- 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
- 32.9% of all boys named Kurt (28,215) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 21 | #778 (1896) | #895 |
| 1900s | 17 | #1,091 (1905) | #1,187 |
| 1910s | 263 | #925 (1915) | #1,135 |
| 1920s | 462 | #788 (1929) | #1,049 |
| 1930s | 940 | #477 (1939) | #647 |
| 1940s | 3,597 | #249 (1949) | #347 |
| 1950s | 18,642 | #129 (1959) | #166 |
| 1960s | 28,215 | #109 (1964) | #120 |
| 1970s | 13,657 | #149 (1970) | #185 |
| 1980s | 10,682 | #192 (1980) | #225 |
| 1990s | 5,693 | #274 (1990) | #425 |
| 2000s | 2,134 | #608 (2000) | #913 |
| 2010s | 1,098 | #1,315 (2013) | #1,510 |
| 2020s | 437 | #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 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 337,244 of them was named Kurt, which outranked 22.7% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,031Yong7
- #5,031Yuette7
- #5,031Zula7
- #5,566Kurt6
- #5,566Adana6
- #5,566Adeana6
- #5,566Adelfa6
- #6,245Abbigail5
- #6,245Abelina5
- #6,245Abigale5
Tied with 678 names at #5,566; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 758 of them was named Kurt, which outranked 97.2% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.