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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #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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1908—#1,2176
1907——
1906—#1,2535
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 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #70 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 269 boysAKMaine: #106 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 672 boysMEVermont: #123 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 746 boysVTNew Hampshire: #80 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 470 boysNHWashington: #88 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 395 boysWAIdaho: #118 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 484 boysIDMontana: #92 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 385 boysMTNorth Dakota: #71 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 306 boysNDMinnesota: #57 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 250 boysMNIllinois: #77 for boys · 256 births · 1 in 421 boysILWisconsin: #43 for boys · 231 births · 1 in 190 boysWIMichigan: #61 for boys · 273 births · 1 in 315 boysMINew York: #120 for boys · 220 births · 1 in 793 boysNYMassachusetts: #83 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 712 boysMARhode Island: #81 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 655 boysRIOregon: #96 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 439 boysORNevada: #99 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 368 boysNVWyoming: #133 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 596 boysWYSouth Dakota: #104 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 527 boysSDIowa: #73 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 315 boysIAIndiana: #99 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 523 boysINOhio: #97 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 630 boysOHPennsylvania: #98 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 606 boysPANew Jersey: #88 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 594 boysNJConnecticut: #78 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 543 boysCTCalifornia: #114 for boys · 325 births · 1 in 578 boysCAUtah: #77 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 307 boysUTColorado: #87 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 402 boysCONebraska: #63 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 260 boysNEMissouri: #106 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 564 boysMOKentucky: #260 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,362 boysKYWest Virginia: #239 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,126 boysWVVirginia: #269 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 2,396 boysVAMaryland: #127 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 762 boysMDDelaware: #102 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 562 boysDEArizona: #215 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,186 boysAZNew Mexico: #195 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 937 boysNMKansas: #104 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 457 boysKSArkansas: #336 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,242 boysARTennessee: #303 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,177 boysTNNorth Carolina: #332 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 3,362 boysNCSouth Carolina: #424 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,385 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #195 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,334 boysDCOklahoma: #143 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 777 boysOKLouisiana: #173 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 880 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedMSAlabama: #406 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,006 boysALGeorgia: #353 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,614 boysGAHawaii: #87 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 349 boysHITexas: #267 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 1,558 boysTXFlorida: #236 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 1,671 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#43 · 1 in 190
  2. Minnesota#57 · 1 in 250
  3. Michigan#61 · 1 in 315
  4. Nebraska#63 · 1 in 260
  5. Alaska#70 · 1 in 269

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#432311 in 190
Minnesota#571551 in 250
Michigan#612731 in 315
Nebraska#63591 in 260
Alaska#70121 in 269
North Dakota#71221 in 306
Iowa#73891 in 315
Illinois#772561 in 421
Utah#77371 in 307
Connecticut#78481 in 543
New Hampshire#80131 in 470
Rhode Island#81131 in 655
Massachusetts#83771 in 712
Colorado#87521 in 402
Hawaii#87211 in 349
New Jersey#881041 in 594
Washington#88731 in 395
Montana#92181 in 385
Oregon#96371 in 439
Ohio#971641 in 630
Pennsylvania#981801 in 606
Indiana#99981 in 523
Nevada#99101 in 368
Delaware#10291 in 562
Kansas#104451 in 457
South Dakota#104141 in 527
Maine#106151 in 672
Missouri#106791 in 564
California#1143251 in 578
Idaho#118131 in 484
New York#1202201 in 793
Vermont#12351 in 746
Maryland#127431 in 762
Wyoming#13351 in 596
Oklahoma#143291 in 777
Louisiana#173451 in 880
District of Columbia#195111 in 1,334
New Mexico#195131 in 937
Arizona#215141 in 1,186
Florida#236321 in 1,671
West Virginia#23981 in 2,126
Kentucky#260141 in 2,362
Texas#267741 in 1,558
Virginia#269181 in 2,396
Tennessee#303121 in 3,177
North Carolina#332151 in 3,362
Arkansas#33661 in 3,242
Georgia#353131 in 3,614
Alabama#40671 in 5,006
South Carolina#42451 in 5,385
Mississippi———

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 1963

girls
#4,539
9 births · 1 in 214,167 girls
boys
#116
3,132 births · 1 in 648 boys

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #4,539Kurt9

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #116Kurt3,132
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 214,167 of them was named Kurt, which outranked 40.8% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kurt
  1. #4,272Yvonnie10
  2. #4,272Zanetta10
  3. #4,272Zeta10
  4. #4,539Kurt9
  5. #4,539Abbi9
  6. #4,539Adaline9
  7. #4,539Adonica9
  8. #4,896Adalia8
  9. #4,896Adrena8
  10. #4,896Alean8

Tied with 356 names at #4,539; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

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

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 648 of them was named Kurt, which outranked 97.5% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kurt
  1. #113Bill3,193
  2. #114Howard3,160
  3. #115Dwayne3,136
  4. #116Kurt3,132
  5. #117Frederick3,127
  6. #118Leonard3,046
  7. #119Lee3,016
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,551Tal#2,364 → #813
  2. ↑ 1,141Jaimie#1,962 → #821
  3. ↑ 540Stoney#1,038 → #498
  4. ↑ 364Pamela#1,311 → #947
  5. ↑ 331Giovanni#1,242 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 324Olin#871 → #1,195
  2. ↓ 295Enoch#984 → #1,279
  3. ↓ 285Rand#953 → #1,238
  4. ↓ 283Vernell#996 → #1,279
  5. ↓ 269Bentley#926 → #1,195

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

See the top 100 for 1963 →