Kurt
Kurt is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 71 births. Its best rank was 109th, in 1964.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 710.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19643,159 births
- Best rank
- #109in 1964
- Since 1894
- 85,802people given the name
The story in the numbers
85,802 boys have been named Kurt in the United States since 1894, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1964, with 3,159 births — 0.16% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 71 births in 2024, against 3,159 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1960s alone account for 33%. It has spent 83 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Kurt | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 21 | |
| 1900s | 17 | |
| 1910s | 263 | |
| 1920s | 462 | |
| 1930s | 940 | |
| 1940s | 3,597 | |
| 1950s | 18,641 | |
| 1960s | 28,213 | |
| 1970s | 13,661 | |
| 1980s | 10,687 | |
| 1990s | 5,693 | |
| 2000s | 2,134 | |
| 2010s | 1,098 | |
| 2020s | 375 |
In 1964, its biggest year
Kurt was the 109th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1964 were Michael, John, David, James and Robert. See all of 1964.
Names that rose and fell with Kurt
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kirkpeak 1962
- Dirkpeak 1954
- Jefferypeak 1962
- Jefforypeak 1967
- Jeffreypeak 1962
- Markpeak 1960
- Kirtpeak 1962
- Craigpeak 1960
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.