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 1966
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#42 · 1 in 182
- Minnesota#50 · 1 in 233
- Michigan#55 · 1 in 295
- Iowa#59 · 1 in 237
- Nebraska#59 · 1 in 247
Best ever in a state: #37 in Wisconsin, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #42 | 211 | 1 in 182 |
| Minnesota | #50 | 137 | 1 in 233 |
| Michigan | #55 | 268 | 1 in 295 |
| Iowa | #59 | 100 | 1 in 237 |
| Nebraska | #59 | 48 | 1 in 247 |
| Colorado | #66 | 55 | 1 in 302 |
| North Dakota | #71 | 19 | 1 in 286 |
| Washington | #74 | 73 | 1 in 332 |
| Hawaii | #76 | 19 | 1 in 319 |
| Montana | #76 | 18 | 1 in 295 |
| Illinois | #77 | 218 | 1 in 437 |
| Rhode Island | #77 | 14 | 1 in 549 |
| New Hampshire | #79 | 11 | 1 in 500 |
| Indiana | #80 | 100 | 1 in 455 |
| Missouri | #83 | 86 | 1 in 446 |
| Oregon | #84 | 37 | 1 in 405 |
| Connecticut | #85 | 38 | 1 in 627 |
| Pennsylvania | #87 | 171 | 1 in 559 |
| Massachusetts | #88 | 62 | 1 in 780 |
| Alaska | #90 | 8 | 1 in 355 |
| Maine | #90 | 16 | 1 in 521 |
| Idaho | #92 | 14 | 1 in 384 |
| South Dakota | #95 | 12 | 1 in 444 |
| New Jersey | #98 | 84 | 1 in 668 |
| Utah | #101 | 26 | 1 in 397 |
| Ohio | #105 | 139 | 1 in 667 |
| New York | #110 | 214 | 1 in 734 |
| Kansas | #114 | 28 | 1 in 569 |
| California | #130 | 249 | 1 in 665 |
| Maryland | #135 | 36 | 1 in 822 |
| Oklahoma | #139 | 23 | 1 in 783 |
| Nevada | #141 | 5 | 1 in 670 |
| District of Columbia | #153 | 14 | 1 in 894 |
| West Virginia | #164 | 11 | 1 in 1,290 |
| New Mexico | #173 | 11 | 1 in 882 |
| Arizona | #186 | 15 | 1 in 951 |
| Virginia | #215 | 24 | 1 in 1,543 |
| Florida | #222 | 32 | 1 in 1,490 |
| Louisiana | #223 | 28 | 1 in 1,261 |
| Arkansas | #228 | 10 | 1 in 1,575 |
| Kentucky | #233 | 15 | 1 in 1,861 |
| Texas | #256 | 67 | 1 in 1,497 |
| Tennessee | #272 | 14 | 1 in 2,389 |
| Georgia | #283 | 19 | 1 in 2,220 |
| Mississippi | #286 | 10 | 1 in 2,137 |
| North Carolina | #295 | 16 | 1 in 2,690 |
| South Carolina | #310 | 8 | 1 in 2,891 |
| Alabama | #441 | 5 | 1 in 6,104 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 1966
Top girls' names in 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
girls
1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 241,740 of them was named Kurt, which outranked 30.8% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,866Yolinda8
- #4,866Yvett8
- #4,866Zondra8
- #5,273Kurt7
- #5,273Abelina7
- #5,273Adonis7
- #5,273Adrea7
- #5,809Adine6
- #5,809Adrienna6
- #5,809Aggie6
Tied with 535 names at #5,273; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 627 of them was named Kurt, which outranked 97.6% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.