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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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 1969
Top girls' names in 1969
Top boys' names in 1969
More about 1969
girls
1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 337,403 of them was named Kurtis, which outranked 14.2% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,237 names at #7,471; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 6,231 of them was named Kurtis, which outranked 91.0% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
- ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
- ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
- ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
- ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.