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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #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
1909——
1908—#1,2176
1907——
1906—#1,2535
1905—#1,0916
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1899—#1,0515
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1896—#7789
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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 1965

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #118 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 496 boysAKMaine: #87 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 461 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #99 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 633 boysNHWashington: #92 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 429 boysWAIdaho: #136 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 606 boysIDMontana: #95 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 391 boysMTNorth Dakota: #72 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 294 boysNDMinnesota: #61 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 263 boysMNIllinois: #73 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 426 boysILWisconsin: #37 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 165 boysWIMichigan: #64 for boys · 236 births · 1 in 338 boysMINew York: #123 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 834 boysNYMassachusetts: #82 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 654 boysMARhode Island: #94 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 831 boysRIOregon: #105 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 496 boysORNevada: #107 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 457 boysNVWyoming: #91 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 363 boysWYSouth Dakota: #101 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 506 boysSDIowa: #74 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 322 boysIAIndiana: #97 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 514 boysINOhio: #103 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 616 boysOHPennsylvania: #95 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 587 boysPANew Jersey: #93 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 641 boysNJConnecticut: #75 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 491 boysCTCalifornia: #121 for boys · 281 births · 1 in 622 boysCAUtah: #118 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 506 boysUTColorado: #67 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 300 boysCONebraska: #55 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 221 boysNEMissouri: #89 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 463 boysMOKentucky: #197 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,476 boysKYWest Virginia: #246 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,509 boysWVVirginia: #181 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,147 boysVAMaryland: #171 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,146 boysMDDelaware: #139 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 911 boysDEArizona: #183 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 895 boysAZNew Mexico: #321 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,166 boysNMKansas: #106 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 527 boysKSArkansas: #322 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,829 boysARTennessee: #266 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,498 boysTNNorth Carolina: #520 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,111 boysNCSouth Carolina: #269 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,004 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #149 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 861 boysDCOklahoma: #155 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 839 boysOKLouisiana: #207 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,076 boysLAMississippi: #408 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,497 boysMSAlabama: #368 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,059 boysALGeorgia: #310 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,628 boysGAHawaii: #60 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 231 boysHITexas: #249 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 1,420 boysTXFlorida: #234 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,651 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#37 · 1 in 165
  2. Nebraska#55 · 1 in 221
  3. Hawaii#60 · 1 in 231
  4. Minnesota#61 · 1 in 263
  5. Michigan#64 · 1 in 338

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#372421 in 165
Nebraska#55581 in 221
Hawaii#60291 in 231
Minnesota#611281 in 263
Michigan#642361 in 338
Colorado#67601 in 300
North Dakota#72201 in 294
Illinois#732321 in 426
Iowa#74771 in 322
Connecticut#75511 in 491
Massachusetts#82781 in 654
Maine#87201 in 461
Missouri#89861 in 463
Wyoming#9171 in 363
Washington#92571 in 429
New Jersey#93911 in 641
Rhode Island#94101 in 831
Montana#95151 in 391
Pennsylvania#951711 in 587
Indiana#97921 in 514
New Hampshire#9991 in 633
South Dakota#101121 in 506
Ohio#1031531 in 616
Oregon#105311 in 496
Kansas#106331 in 527
Nevada#10781 in 457
Alaska#11861 in 496
Utah#118201 in 506
California#1212811 in 622
New York#1231961 in 834
Idaho#13691 in 606
Delaware#13951 in 911
District of Columbia#149151 in 861
Oklahoma#155231 in 839
Maryland#171271 in 1,146
Virginia#181341 in 1,147
Arizona#183171 in 895
Kentucky#197201 in 1,476
Louisiana#207341 in 1,076
Florida#234301 in 1,651
West Virginia#24661 in 2,509
Texas#249731 in 1,420
Tennessee#266141 in 2,498
South Carolina#269121 in 2,004
Georgia#310171 in 2,628
New Mexico#32151 in 2,166
Arkansas#32261 in 2,829
Alabama#36881 in 4,059
Mississippi#40851 in 4,497
North Carolina#52051 in 9,111
Vermont———

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 1965

girls
#3,733
12 births · 1 in 147,097 girls
boys
#112
2,875 births · 1 in 647 boys

Top girls' names in 1965

  1. #1Lisa60,271
  2. #2Mary34,270
  3. #3Karen32,869
  4. #4Kimberly28,836
  5. #5Susan26,321
  6. #6Patricia23,552
  7. #7Donna19,700
  8. #8Linda19,345
  9. #9Cynthia19,239
  10. #10Angela18,754
  11. #3,733Kurt12

Top boys' names in 1965

  1. #1Michael80,992
  2. #2John71,493
  3. #3David67,825
  4. #4James67,666
  5. #5Robert63,106
  6. #6William40,111
  7. #7Mark38,244
  8. #8Richard36,817
  9. #9Thomas31,595
  10. #10Jeffrey29,574
  11. #112Kurt2,875
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 147,097 of them was named Kurt, which outranked 50.5% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kurt
  1. #3,549Wendelin13
  2. #3,549Wynne13
  3. #3,549Yetta13
  4. #3,733Kurt12
  5. #3,733Adair12
  6. #3,733Adel12
  7. #3,733Adena12
  8. #3,952Acquanetta11
  9. #3,952Adrean11
  10. #3,952Agustina11

Tied with 218 names at #3,733; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 723Marni#1,610 → #887
  2. ↑ 654Dionne#1,281 → #627
  3. ↑ 432Marnie#1,016 → #584
  4. ↑ 426Keli#1,383 → #957
  5. ↑ 368Gia#1,334 → #966
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,326Djuna#738 → #2,064
  2. ↓ 470Djuana#756 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 383Shirl#714 → #1,097
  4. ↓ 297Beverley#955 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 275Dottie#912 → #1,187

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

boys

1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 647 of them was named Kurt, which outranked 97.5% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kurt
  1. #109Marvin2,969
  2. #110Tracy2,932
  3. #111Jason2,887
  4. #112Kurt2,875
  5. #113Eddie2,867
  6. #114Joel2,860
  7. #115Stanley2,819
Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 785Trace#1,655 → #870
  2. ↑ 729Darran#1,729 → #1,000
  3. ↑ 655Daryn#1,371 → #716
  4. ↑ 648Darian#1,545 → #897
  5. ↑ 512Darryn#1,327 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,557Jaimie#809 → #2,366
  2. ↓ 443Tammy#875 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 406Destry#637 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 318Dewitt#936 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 303Cassius#860 → #1,163

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

See the top 100 for 1965 →