Kurtis
Last seen for girls in 1986 at #9,545 · #2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1987 · 613 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,138since 1934
Kurtis over time
Rank among boys' names. Kurtis has never cracked the top 300 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,718 | 47 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,793 | 29 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,005 | 41 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,753 | 47 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,552 | 51 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,658 | 47 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,626 | 49 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,101 | 67 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,780 | 86 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,754 | 88 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,853 | 79 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,564 | 101 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,659 | 91 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,562 | 101 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,687 | 88 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,503 | 108 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,367 | 125 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,482 | 110 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,277 | 137 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,163 | 145 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,062 | 156 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,039 | 157 | |
| 2003 | — | #959 | 170 | |
| 2002 | — | #837 | 199 | |
| 2001 | — | #749 | 231 | |
| 2000 | — | #718 | 242 | |
| 1999 | — | #690 | 244 | |
| 1998 | — | #604 | 305 | |
| 1997 | — | #577 | 321 | |
| 1996 | — | #538 | 356 | |
| 1995 | — | #493 | 435 | |
| 1994 | — | #483 | 442 | |
| 1993 | — | #474 | 444 | |
| 1992 | — | #460 | 472 | |
| 1991 | — | #414 | 547 | |
| 1990 | — | #410 | 566 | |
| 1989 | — | #362 | 624 | |
| 1988 | — | #353 | 589 | |
| 1987 | — | #334 | 613 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #347 | 549 |
| 1985 | — | #368 | 501 | |
| 1984 | — | #384 | 451 | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #410 | 393 |
| 1982 | — | #447 | 361 | |
| 1981 | — | #421 | 391 | |
| 1980 | — | #416 | 389 | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #432 | 343 |
| 1978 | — | #489 | 271 | |
| 1977 | — | #528 | 251 | |
| 1976 | — | #581 | 197 | |
| 1975 | — | #594 | 184 | |
| 1974 | — | #549 | 213 | |
| 1973 | — | #567 | 197 | |
| 1972 | — | #554 | 207 | |
| 1971 | — | #480 | 282 | |
| 1970 | — | #497 | 265 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #453 | 287 |
| 1968 | — | #487 | 245 | |
| 1967 | — | #489 | 234 | |
| 1966 | — | #487 | 246 | |
| 1965 | — | #475 | 269 | |
| 1964 | — | #460 | 298 | |
| 1963 | — | #476 | 279 | |
| 1962 | — | #528 | 228 | |
| 1961 | — | #519 | 234 | |
| 1960 | — | #556 | 202 | |
| 1959 | — | #561 | 192 | |
| 1958 | — | #595 | 169 | |
| 1957 | — | #585 | 172 | |
| 1956 | — | #604 | 159 | |
| 1955 | — | #696 | 111 | |
| 1954 | — | #706 | 106 | |
| 1953 | — | #707 | 101 | |
| 1952 | — | #805 | 76 | |
| 1951 | — | #847 | 68 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,022 | 47 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,072 | 43 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,217 | 35 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,599 | 22 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,692 | 18 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,461 | 23 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,682 | 18 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
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| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kurtis! It came in at #3,679, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1934–1936, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kurtis is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#151 · 1 in 1,231
- Montana#172 · 1 in 1,162
- Nebraska#178 · 1 in 1,495
- Minnesota#197 · 1 in 2,223
- Washington#210 · 1 in 1,743
Best ever in a state: #121 in Vermont, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #151 | 18 | 1 in 1,231 |
| Montana | #172 | 5 | 1 in 1,162 |
| Nebraska | #178 | 8 | 1 in 1,495 |
| Minnesota | #197 | 14 | 1 in 2,223 |
| Washington | #210 | 17 | 1 in 1,743 |
| Utah | #212 | 11 | 1 in 1,728 |
| Wisconsin | #213 | 15 | 1 in 2,302 |
| Idaho | #221 | 5 | 1 in 1,684 |
| Oregon | #247 | 9 | 1 in 2,152 |
| Ohio | #256 | 28 | 1 in 2,871 |
| Indiana | #260 | 15 | 1 in 2,737 |
| Michigan | #278 | 23 | 1 in 2,914 |
| Kansas | #290 | 6 | 1 in 2,805 |
| Missouri | #293 | 12 | 1 in 3,061 |
| Pennsylvania | #329 | 16 | 1 in 4,754 |
| Massachusetts | #369 | 5 | 1 in 6,783 |
| California | #461 | 35 | 1 in 5,135 |
| Illinois | #475 | 15 | 1 in 5,583 |
| New York | #511 | 17 | 1 in 6,530 |
| New Jersey | #527 | 6 | 1 in 7,073 |
| Florida | #610 | 7 | 1 in 7,820 |
| Texas | #911 | 8 | 1 in 15,415 |
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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 Kurtis
- 1,075 spots since 2024 (#3,793 → #2,718)
- 60 spots since 2020 (#2,658 → #2,718)
- 865 spots since 2015 (#1,853 → #2,718)
- Biggest jump: 175 spots in 1951 (#1,022 → #847)
- Biggest drop: 122 spots in 2003 (#837 → #959)
- Debuted 1934
- Peaked 1987 at #334 (613 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1951–2003
- Highest: 1 in 3,046 boys born in 1987 were named Kurtis (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,342 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.8% of all boys named Kurtis (4,861) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 19 | #2,609 (1939) | #3,154 |
| 1940s | 201 | #1,072 (1949) | #1,775 |
| 1950s | 1,201 | #561 (1959) | #713 |
| 1960s | 2,522 | #453 (1969) | #493 |
| 1970s | 2,410 | #432 (1979) | #527 |
| 1980s | 4,861 | #334 (1987) | #384 |
| 1990s | 4,132 | #410 (1990) | #514 |
| 2000s | 1,672 | #718 (2000) | #1,065 |
| 2010s | 858 | #1,503 (2010) | #1,809 |
| 2020s | 262 | #2,552 (2021) | #2,913 |
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.
Kurtis in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 229,324 of them was named Kurtis, which outranked 32.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 5,019 of them was named Kurtis, which outranked 93.9% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.