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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #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
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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 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #75 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 303 boysAKMaine: #99 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 593 boysMEVermont: #103 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 622 boysVTNew Hampshire: #87 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 591 boysNHWashington: #83 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 385 boysWAIdaho: #88 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 335 boysIDMontana: #89 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 383 boysMTNorth Dakota: #93 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 448 boysNDMinnesota: #53 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 251 boysMNIllinois: #75 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 468 boysILWisconsin: #40 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 193 boysWIMichigan: #62 for boys · 218 births · 1 in 350 boysMINew York: #132 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 890 boysNYMassachusetts: #91 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 786 boysMARhode Island: #75 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 547 boysRIOregon: #88 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 404 boysORNevada: #95 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 420 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #104 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 484 boysSDIowa: #60 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 256 boysIAIndiana: #85 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 493 boysINOhio: #98 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 640 boysOHPennsylvania: #100 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 713 boysPANew Jersey: #105 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 731 boysNJConnecticut: #87 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 576 boysCTCalifornia: #148 for boys · 211 births · 1 in 792 boysCAUtah: #86 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 337 boysUTColorado: #111 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 556 boysCONebraska: #73 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 336 boysNEMissouri: #83 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 451 boysMOKentucky: #225 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,937 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedWVVirginia: #231 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,918 boysVAMaryland: #112 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 660 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedDEArizona: #174 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 904 boysAZNew Mexico: #217 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,100 boysNMKansas: #112 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 573 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedARTennessee: #305 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,259 boysTNNorth Carolina: #284 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,554 boysNCSouth Carolina: #392 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,474 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #205 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,482 boysDCOklahoma: #227 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,526 boysOKLouisiana: #256 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,563 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedMSAlabama: #334 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,220 boysALGeorgia: #325 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,924 boysGAHawaii: #118 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 533 boysHITexas: #256 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 1,505 boysTXFlorida: #211 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,396 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#40 · 1 in 193
  2. Minnesota#53 · 1 in 251
  3. Iowa#60 · 1 in 256
  4. Michigan#62 · 1 in 350
  5. Nebraska#73 · 1 in 336

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#401841 in 193
Minnesota#531231 in 251
Iowa#60881 in 256
Michigan#622181 in 350
Nebraska#73331 in 336
Alaska#7591 in 303
Illinois#751951 in 468
Rhode Island#75131 in 547
Missouri#83811 in 451
Washington#83691 in 385
Indiana#85891 in 493
Utah#86311 in 337
Connecticut#87391 in 576
New Hampshire#8791 in 591
Idaho#88161 in 335
Oregon#88371 in 404
Montana#89131 in 383
Massachusetts#91581 in 786
North Dakota#93111 in 448
Nevada#9581 in 420
Ohio#981411 in 640
Maine#99131 in 593
Pennsylvania#1001271 in 713
Vermont#10351 in 622
South Dakota#104101 in 484
New Jersey#105721 in 731
Colorado#111321 in 556
Kansas#112271 in 573
Maryland#112421 in 660
Hawaii#118111 in 533
New York#1321661 in 890
California#1482111 in 792
Arizona#174161 in 904
District of Columbia#20581 in 1,482
Florida#211341 in 1,396
New Mexico#21781 in 1,100
Kentucky#225141 in 1,937
Oklahoma#227121 in 1,526
Virginia#231191 in 1,918
Louisiana#256221 in 1,563
Texas#256681 in 1,505
North Carolina#284171 in 2,554
Tennessee#305101 in 3,259
Georgia#325141 in 2,924
Alabama#33491 in 3,220
South Carolina#39251 in 4,474
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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 1968

girls
#3,789
13 births · 1 in 126,184 girls
boys
#123
2,454 births · 1 in 708 boys

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #3,789Kurt13

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #123Kurt2,454
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 126,184 of them was named Kurt, which outranked 53.8% of the 8,198 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. #3,610Wynona14
  2. #3,610Xochitl14
  3. #3,610Zondra14
  4. #3,789Kurt13
  5. #3,789Adrien13
  6. #3,789Adrina13
  7. #3,789Alishia13
  8. #4,000Abra12
  9. #4,000Aime12
  10. #4,000Albertine12

Tied with 210 names at #3,789; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 708 of them was named Kurt, which outranked 97.4% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kurt
  1. #120Shane2,513
  2. #121Carlos2,497
  3. #122Derek2,460
  4. #123Kurt2,454
  5. #124Tommy2,369
  6. #125Erik2,368
  7. #126Eugene2,365
Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 649Dustin#1,018 → #369
  2. ↑ 567Damion#1,411 → #844
  3. ↑ 490Korey#1,388 → #898
  4. ↑ 434Darby#1,364 → #930
  5. ↑ 393Jamal#1,181 → #788
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Illya#968 → #1,894
  2. ↓ 357Maury#925 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 298Cedrick#885 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 290Dell#875 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 257Faron#843 → #1,100

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →