Kurk — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kurk

The Social Security Administration has registered 213 babies named Kurk between 1956 and 1990, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kurk currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kurk performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kurk shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kurk in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kurk in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 213 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.