Kurt — #2096 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kurt

The Social Security Administration has registered 85,802 babies named Kurt between 1894 and 2024, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kurt currently holds the #2096 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 3,159 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kurt performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 28,213 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Kurt shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8,111 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Kurt in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kurt 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 85,802 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.