Boys' name · peaked in 1987
Kurtis name popularity since 1925
18,163 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kurtis. Half of them were born in 1986 or earlier, so the typical Kurtis is about 40 years old in 2026. Kurtis peaked in 1987 as the #334 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 18,163
- Named Kurtis, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,738 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% boys
- 25 girls · 18,138 boys
- Most popular in
- Iowa
- 2.94× its national share
Peak year is the year Kurtis 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.
Kurtis births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1989. Measured as a share of all babies, Kurtis peaked in 1987.
- Fastest rise: Between 1975 and 1980, Kurtis became 1.9× more common, from 1 in 8,490 baby boys to 1 in 4,590.
- Steepest fall: Between 1995 and 2000, its share of baby boys fell by 46%, from 1 in 4,380 to 1 in 8,120.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kurtis's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kurtis.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kurtis 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 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 19 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 201 | #2,325 |
| 1950s | 0 | 1,201 | #698 |
| 1960s | 5 | 2,522 | #475 |
| 1970s | 7 | 2,410 | #595 |
| 1980s | 13 | 4,861 | #369 |
| 1990s | 0 | 4,132 | #493 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,672 | #1,066 |
| 2010s | 0 | 858 | #1,863 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 262 | #2,738 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
42.7% of babies named Kurtis from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Kurtis is most popular
The index compares Kurtis'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 Kurtis.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 2.94× | 541 |
| Washington | 2.84× | 688 |
| Kansas | 2.47× | 365 |
| Wisconsin | 2.28× | 651 |
| Oregon | 2.24× | 304 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kurtis 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kurtis (this page) | 18,138 | 1987 |
| Curtis | 240,801 | 1962 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kurtis's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kurtis.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kurtis (1987).
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