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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #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
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899#1,0515
1898
1897
1896#7789
1895
1894#8577
1893
1892
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1890
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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 1958

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #66 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 286 boysAKMaine: #156 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,194 boysMEVermont: #110 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 662 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedNHWashington: #93 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 409 boysWAIdaho: #80 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 320 boysIDMontana: #135 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 639 boysMTNorth Dakota: #80 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 354 boysNDMinnesota: #80 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 409 boysMNIllinois: #90 for boys · 230 births · 1 in 495 boysILWisconsin: #56 for boys · 197 births · 1 in 237 boysWIMichigan: #90 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 489 boysMINew York: #140 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 1,051 boysNYMassachusetts: #117 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 1,146 boysMARhode Island: #114 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,110 boysRIOregon: #101 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 482 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedNVWyoming: #87 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 364 boysWYSouth Dakota: #100 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 516 boysSDIowa: #79 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 371 boysIAIndiana: #112 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 652 boysINOhio: #122 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 758 boysOHPennsylvania: #112 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 785 boysPANew Jersey: #87 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 592 boysNJConnecticut: #87 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 616 boysCTCalifornia: #114 for boys · 305 births · 1 in 573 boysCAUtah: #108 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 488 boysUTColorado: #88 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 392 boysCONebraska: #80 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 374 boysNEMissouri: #127 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 748 boysMOKentucky: #338 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,489 boysKYWest Virginia: #327 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,300 boysWVVirginia: #231 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,812 boysVAMaryland: #172 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,235 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedDEArizona: #211 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,185 boysAZNew Mexico: #250 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,604 boysNMKansas: #103 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 532 boysKSArkansas: #358 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,950 boysARTennessee: #363 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,019 boysTNNorth Carolina: #325 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 3,280 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #166 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,066 boysDCOklahoma: #263 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,150 boysOKLouisiana: #186 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 1,017 boysLAMississippi: #433 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,406 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kurt, so not publishedALGeorgia: #410 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,383 boysGAHawaii: #95 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 341 boysHITexas: #280 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 1,858 boysTXFlorida: #182 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 1,149 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#56 · 1 in 237
  2. Alaska#66 · 1 in 286
  3. Iowa#79 · 1 in 371
  4. Idaho#80 · 1 in 320
  5. North Dakota#80 · 1 in 354

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#561971 in 237
Alaska#66111 in 286
Iowa#79821 in 371
Idaho#80231 in 320
Minnesota#801001 in 409
Nebraska#80421 in 374
North Dakota#80211 in 354
Connecticut#87431 in 616
New Jersey#871031 in 592
Wyoming#8791 in 364
Colorado#88531 in 392
Illinois#902301 in 495
Michigan#902021 in 489
Washington#93771 in 409
Hawaii#95211 in 341
South Dakota#100151 in 516
Oregon#101351 in 482
Kansas#103441 in 532
Utah#108241 in 488
Vermont#11061 in 662
Indiana#112841 in 652
Pennsylvania#1121571 in 785
California#1143051 in 573
Rhode Island#11481 in 1,110
Massachusetts#117501 in 1,146
Ohio#1221511 in 758
Missouri#127651 in 748
Montana#135121 in 639
New York#1401721 in 1,051
Maine#15691 in 1,194
District of Columbia#166141 in 1,066
Maryland#172261 in 1,235
Florida#182451 in 1,149
Louisiana#186421 in 1,017
Arizona#211131 in 1,185
Virginia#231241 in 1,812
New Mexico#25081 in 1,604
Oklahoma#263111 in 2,150
Texas#280661 in 1,858
North Carolina#325161 in 3,280
West Virginia#32751 in 4,300
Kentucky#33881 in 4,489
Arkansas#35851 in 3,950
Tennessee#36381 in 5,019
Georgia#41091 in 5,383
Mississippi#43351 in 5,406
Alabama
Delaware
Nevada
New Hampshire
South Carolina

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 1958

girls
#4,520
8 births · 1 in 251,452 girls
boys
#134
2,672 births · 1 in 794 boys

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #4,520Kurt8

Top boys' names in 1958

  1. #1Michael90,604
  2. #2David82,681
  3. #3James78,774
  4. #4Robert77,338
  5. #5John76,057
  6. #6William54,254
  7. #7Mark52,698
  8. #8Richard50,007
  9. #9Thomas42,088
  10. #10Steven32,968
  11. #134Kurt2,672
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 251,452 of them was named Kurt, which outranked 35.7% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kurt
  1. #4,193Yetta9
  2. #4,193Yevonne9
  3. #4,193Zoeann9
  4. #4,520Kurt8
  5. #4,520Abra8
  6. #4,520Adena8
  7. #4,520Adora8
  8. #4,890Adelfa7
  9. #4,890Adonna7
  10. #4,890Agustina7

Tied with 369 names at #4,520; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. 1,133Brigitte#1,904#771
  2. 760Samantha#1,754#994
  3. 709Selena#1,388#679
  4. 672Tambra#1,588#916
  5. 570Bridgette#1,274#704
Fallers
  1. 312Sarita#970#1,282
  2. 311Beryl#910#1,221
  3. 309Sherree#827#1,136
  4. 275Winnie#965#1,240
  5. 236Jacalyn#975#1,211

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

boys

2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 794 of them was named Kurt, which outranked 97.0% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kurt
  1. #131Glen2,798
  2. #132Perry2,734
  3. #133Alfred2,711
  4. #134Kurt2,672
  5. #135Francis2,620
  6. #136Duane2,614
  7. #137Edwin2,601
Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. 742Wayde#1,364#622
  2. 568Maverick#1,364#796
  3. 516Darren#897#381
  4. 435Tobin#1,250#815
  5. 406Dion#928#522
Fallers
  1. 388Claud#957#1,345
  2. 349Ritchie#823#1,172
  3. 333Levon#944#1,277
  4. 320Weston#957#1,277
  5. 297Parker#925#1,222

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

See the top 100 for 1958