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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #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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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 1989

  • 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: #121 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 685 boysVTNew Hampshire: #134 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 999 boysNHWashington: #200 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,360 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: #265 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,155 boysMNIllinois: #337 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 2,712 boysILWisconsin: #186 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,655 boysWIMichigan: #199 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 1,543 boysMINew York: #621 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 7,936 boysNYMassachusetts: #446 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,294 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedRIOregon: #251 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,945 boysORNevada: #161 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 888 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedSDIowa: #165 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,215 boysIAIndiana: #219 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,887 boysINOhio: #196 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 1,627 boysOHPennsylvania: #289 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 2,908 boysPANew Jersey: #473 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,508 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #385 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 3,444 boysCAUtah: #172 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,104 boysUTColorado: #290 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,419 boysCONebraska: #157 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 999 boysNEMissouri: #212 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,641 boysMOKentucky: #234 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,223 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedWVVirginia: #615 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,372 boysVAMaryland: #340 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,209 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedDEArizona: #356 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,754 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedNMKansas: #138 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 812 boysKSArkansas: #286 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,191 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #475 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,139 boysNCSouth Carolina: #467 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,716 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #349 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,936 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedALGeorgia: #742 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,892 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kurtis, so not publishedHITexas: #640 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 7,405 boysTXFlorida: #377 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 3,190 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Vermont#121 · 1 in 685
  2. New Hampshire#134 · 1 in 999
  3. Kansas#138 · 1 in 812
  4. Nebraska#157 · 1 in 999
  5. Nevada#161 · 1 in 888

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#12151 in 685
New Hampshire#13481 in 999
Kansas#138211 in 812
Nebraska#157111 in 999
Nevada#16191 in 888
Iowa#165151 in 1,215
Utah#172151 in 1,104
Wisconsin#186201 in 1,655
Ohio#196481 in 1,627
Michigan#199451 in 1,543
Washington#200251 in 1,360
Missouri#212231 in 1,641
Indiana#219211 in 1,887
Kentucky#234111 in 2,223
Oregon#251101 in 1,945
Minnesota#265101 in 3,155
Arkansas#28671 in 2,191
Pennsylvania#289281 in 2,908
Colorado#290101 in 2,419
Illinois#337321 in 2,712
Maryland#340101 in 3,209
Oklahoma#34971 in 2,936
Arizona#356111 in 2,754
Florida#377281 in 3,190
California#385781 in 3,444
Massachusetts#44661 in 7,294
South Carolina#46751 in 4,716
New Jersey#473101 in 5,508
North Carolina#47591 in 5,139
Virginia#61551 in 8,372
New York#621171 in 7,936
Texas#640201 in 7,405
Georgia#74251 in 9,892
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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
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 1989

boys
#362
624 births · 1 in 3,207 boys

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #362Kurtis624
More about 1989

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 3,207 of them was named Kurtis, which outranked 96.1% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kurtis
  1. #359Alfred634
  2. #360Gavin629
  3. #361Pablo628
  4. #362Kurtis624
  5. #362Eli624
  6. #362Giovanni624
  7. #365Nolan617
  8. #366Felix611
  9. #367Roderick610

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

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →