first name
KURTIS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,318 people named Kurtis, 82.4% reported their origin as White, 7.3% as Black and 3.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kurtis peaked in 1989, when 624 babies got the name.
At least 18,163 babies have been given the name since 1934. 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.
Kurtis by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #825. The largest share of babies named Kurtis, 42.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Kurtis is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kurtis has been most common in Washington (2.9×), Iowa (2.8×), and Utah (2.4×), and least common in Alabama (0.12×).
14,320 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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Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kurtis, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kurtis ranks #59,512 of 156,621, with 367 people. See Kurtis as a last name
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