Kurtis

Where Kurtis comes from

The dictionaries list Kurtis as a given name — a male given name, variant of Curtis — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1934
    First appearance
    #3,679 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Kurtis Blow born
    American rapper
  3. 1987
    Peak, #334
    613 babies named Kurtis — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1997
    Kurtis Marschall born
    Australian athletics competitor
  5. 1998
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #604.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, variant of Curtis.
Namesakes
  • Kurtis Marschall · Australian athletics competitor, born 1997
  • Kurtis Blow · American rapper, born 1959
  • Kurtis Foster · Canadian ice hockey defenceman, born 1981
  • Kurtis Conner · Canadian YouTuber and stand-up comedian, born 1994
  • Kurtis Roberts · American motorcycle racer, born 1978

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.