first name
KURT
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 74,867 people named Kurt, 90.6% reported their origin as White, 3.1% as Black and 2.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kurt peaked in 1964, when 3,168 babies got the name.
At least 86,054 babies have been given the name since 1894. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Kurt by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #262. The largest share of babies named Kurt, 41.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Kurt is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kurt has been most common in Wisconsin (3.3×), Michigan (2.1×), and Minnesota (2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.08×).
81,843 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Kurt ranks #18,992 of 156,621, with 1,431 people. See Kurt as a last name
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