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

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Peak · boys
1987 · 613 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
18,138
since 1934

Kurtis over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kurtis has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #334, 1987boys
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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#2,71847
2024#3,79329
2023#3,00541
2022#2,75347
2021#2,55251
2020#2,65847
2019#2,62649
2018#2,10167
2017#1,78086
2016#1,75488
2015#1,85379
2014#1,564101
2013#1,65991
2012#1,562101
2011#1,68788
2010#1,503108
2009#1,367125
2008#1,482110
2007#1,277137
2006#1,163145
2005#1,062156
2004#1,039157
2003#959170
2002#837199
2001#749231
2000#718242
1999#690244
1998#604305
1997#577321
1996#538356
1995#493435
1994#483442
1993#474444
1992#460472
1991#414547
1990#410566
1989#362624
1988#353589
1987#334613
1986#9,5456#347549
1985#368501
1984#384451
1983#8,0477#410393
1982#447361
1981#421391
1980#416389
1979#8,0617#432343
1978#489271
1977#528251
1976#581197
1975#594184
1974#549213
1973#567197
1972#554207
1971#480282
1970#497265
1969#7,4715#453287
1968#487245
1967#489234
1966#487246
1965#475269
1964#460298
1963#476279
1962#528228
1961#519234
1960#556202
1959#561192
1958#595169
1957#585172
1956#604159
1955#696111
1954#706106
1953#707101
1952#80576
1951#84768
1950#1,02247
1949#1,07243
1948#1,21735
1947#1,59922
1946#1,69218
1945#2,24210
1944#2,4679
1943#1,46123
1942#1,68218
1941#1,99713
1940#2,32210
1939#2,6098
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1937#3,1756
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First appearance
1934

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 1985

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedNHWashington: #193 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,576 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #230 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,875 boysMNIllinois: #428 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 4,570 boysILWisconsin: #143 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,177 boysWIMichigan: #193 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 1,589 boysMINew York: #536 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 6,725 boysNYMassachusetts: #373 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,533 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedRIOregon: #247 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,275 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #160 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,024 boysSDIowa: #148 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,076 boysIAIndiana: #185 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,638 boysINOhio: #263 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 2,965 boysOHPennsylvania: #230 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 2,486 boysPANew Jersey: #479 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,651 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #388 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 3,786 boysCAUtah: #261 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,127 boysUTColorado: #345 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,596 boysCONebraska: #184 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,674 boysNEMissouri: #263 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,635 boysMOKentucky: #319 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,139 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedVAMaryland: #371 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,625 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedDEArizona: #308 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,405 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedNMKansas: #171 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,239 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #439 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,066 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #339 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,370 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedMSAlabama: #455 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,111 boysALGeorgia: #514 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,169 boysGAHawaii: #174 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 855 boysHITexas: #666 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 8,657 boysTXFlorida: #476 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 5,332 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#143 · 1 in 1,177
  2. Iowa#148 · 1 in 1,076
  3. South Dakota#160 · 1 in 1,024
  4. Kansas#171 · 1 in 1,239
  5. Hawaii#174 · 1 in 855

Best ever in a state: #121 in Vermont, 1989.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#143291 in 1,177
Iowa#148181 in 1,076
South Dakota#16051 in 1,024
Kansas#171141 in 1,239
Hawaii#17481 in 855
Nebraska#18471 in 1,674
Indiana#185231 in 1,638
Michigan#193411 in 1,589
Washington#193201 in 1,576
Minnesota#230111 in 2,875
Pennsylvania#230311 in 2,486
Oregon#24781 in 2,275
Utah#26181 in 2,127
Missouri#263141 in 2,635
Ohio#263261 in 2,965
Arizona#308111 in 2,405
Kentucky#31961 in 4,139
Oklahoma#33971 in 3,370
Colorado#34571 in 3,596
Maryland#37161 in 4,625
Massachusetts#37361 in 6,533
California#388591 in 3,786
Illinois#428181 in 4,570
North Carolina#43981 in 5,066
Alabama#45551 in 5,111
Florida#476141 in 5,332
New Jersey#47971 in 6,651
Georgia#51471 in 6,169
New York#536181 in 6,725
Texas#666171 in 8,657
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Wyoming

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1934
  • Peaked 1987 at #334 (613 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1951–2003
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,046
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 26.8% of all boys named Kurtis (4,861) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s19#2,609 (1939)#3,154
1940s201#1,072 (1949)#1,775
1950s1,201#561 (1959)#713
1960s2,522#453 (1969)#493
1970s2,410#432 (1979)#527
1980s4,861#334 (1987)#384
1990s4,132#410 (1990)#514
2000s1,672#718 (2000)#1,065
2010s858#1,503 (2010)#1,809
2020s262#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 1985

boys
#368
501 births · 1 in 3,689 boys

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #368Kurtis501
More about 1985

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 3,689 of them was named Kurtis, which outranked 95.1% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kurtis
  1. #365Bret502
  2. #365Dwight502
  3. #365Rory502
  4. #368Kurtis501
  5. #368Ashley501
  6. #370Rickey500
  7. #371Josiah497
  8. #372Zachariah491

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 2,425Jaymes#3,270#845
  2. 977Trace#1,933#956
  3. 933Durrell#1,656#723
  4. 793Durell#1,399#606
  5. 562Brandyn#1,444#882
Fallers
  1. 420Anwar#951#1,371
  2. 345Zebulon#976#1,321
  3. 303Tavares#925#1,228
  4. 250Alonso#931#1,181
  5. 228Abdul#1,000#1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985