Boys' name · peaked in 1966
Kurt name popularity since 1925
85,563 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kurt. Half of them were born in 1966 or earlier, so the typical Kurt is about 60 years old in 2026. Kurt peaked in 1966 as the #110 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 85,563
- Named Kurt, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,271 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% boys
- 196 girls · 85,367 boys
- Most popular in
- Wisconsin
- 3.30× its national share
Peak year is the year Kurt made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kurt births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1964. Measured as a share of all babies, Kurt peaked in 1966.
- Fastest rise: Between 1948 and 1953, Kurt became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 3,380 baby boys to 1 in 1,300.
- Steepest fall: Between 2002 and 2007, its share of baby boys fell by 47%, from 1 in 6,980 to 1 in 13,200.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kurt's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kurt.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kurt in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 272 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 940 | #610 |
| 1940s | 0 | 3,597 | #368 |
| 1950s | 14 | 18,642 | #150 |
| 1960s | 86 | 28,215 | #112 |
| 1970s | 45 | 13,657 | #202 |
| 1980s | 51 | 10,682 | #228 |
| 1990s | 0 | 5,693 | #424 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2,134 | #962 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,098 | #1,424 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 437 | #2,271 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
41.8% of babies named Kurt from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Kurt is most popular
The index compares Kurt's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kurt.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 3.30× | 5,371 |
| Michigan | 2.09× | 6,606 |
| Minnesota | 2.06× | 3,101 |
| Hawaii | 2.01× | 518 |
| Iowa | 1.98× | 2,083 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kurt and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Kurt (this page) | 85,367 | 1966 |
| Curt | 16,291 | 1960 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kurt's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kurt.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kurt (1966).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data