Kurt is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1964 and has since faded.
Kurt is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,271 for boy births in the United States (and #4,869 across all names), given to 62 babies. Kurt was first reported in SSA data in 1894 and peaked in 1964 (3,158 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | 62 | — | #2,271 |
| 2024 | 71 | 71 | — | #2,110 |
| 2023 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,405 |
| 2022 | 81 | 81 | — | #1,929 |
| 2021 | 72 | 72 | — | #2,051 |
| 2020 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,683 |
| 2019 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,667 |
| 2018 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,731 |
| 2017 | 93 | 93 | — | #1,701 |
| 2016 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,427 |
| 2015 | 121 | 121 | — | #1,424 |
| 2014 | 113 | 113 | — | #1,451 |
| 2013 | 131 | 131 | — | #1,320 |
| 2012 | 108 | 108 | — | #1,493 |
| 2011 | 111 | 111 | — | #1,473 |
| 2010 | 112 | 112 | — | #1,468 |
| 2009 | 134 | 134 | — | #1,305 |
| 2008 | 139 | 139 | — | #1,257 |
| 2007 | 157 | 157 | — | #1,141 |
| 2006 | 182 | 182 | — | #1,013 |
| 2005 | 182 | 182 | — | #962 |
| 2004 | 230 | 230 | — | #785 |
| 2003 | 244 | 244 | — | #738 |
| 2002 | 278 | 278 | — | #670 |
| 2001 | 273 | 273 | — | #666 |
| 2000 | 315 | 315 | — | #610 |
| 1999 | 334 | 334 | — | #584 |
| 1998 | 368 | 368 | — | #544 |
| 1997 | 439 | — | — | #487 |
| 1996 | 482 | — | — | #457 |
| 1995 | 537 | — | — | #424 |
| 1994 | 554 | — | — | #413 |
| 1993 | 587 | — | — | #394 |
| 1992 | 691 | — | — | #347 |
| 1991 | 744 | — | — | #333 |
| 1990 | 957 | — | — | #275 |
| 1989 | 978 | — | #13,485 | #260 |
| 1988 | 1,043 | — | — | #233 |
| 1987 | 1,029 | — | #10,548 | #229 |
| 1986 | 1,066 | — | #9,046 | #224 |
| 1985 | 1,022 | — | #8,804 | #228 |
| 1984 | 978 | — | — | #229 |
| 1983 | 976 | — | #11,128 | #231 |
| 1982 | 1,187 | — | #8,702 | #209 |
| 1981 | 1,169 | — | #7,082 | #214 |
| 1980 | 1,285 | — | #11,243 | #192 |
| 1979 | 1,257 | — | #8,494 | #194 |
| 1978 | 1,070 | — | #10,560 | #208 |
| 1977 | 1,119 | — | — | #202 |
| 1976 | 1,018 | — | — | #209 |
| 1975 | 1,085 | — | — | #202 |
| 1974 | 1,233 | — | — | #182 |
| 1973 | 1,243 | — | #6,370 | #186 |
| 1972 | 1,592 | — | #5,278 | #164 |
| 1971 | 1,882 | — | #5,767 | #155 |
| 1970 | 2,203 | — | #7,513 | #149 |
| 1969 | 2,295 | — | #3,871 | #132 |
| 1968 | 2,467 | — | #3,890 | #123 |
| 1967 | 2,749 | — | #5,744 | #113 |
| 1966 | 2,853 | — | #5,532 | #110 |
| 1965 | 2,887 | — | #3,839 | #112 |
| 1964 | 3,168 | — | #4,500 | #109 |
| 1963 | 3,141 | — | #4,708 | #116 |
| 1962 | 3,025 | — | #6,210 | #121 |
| 1961 | 2,827 | — | — | #129 |
| 1960 | 2,889 | — | #4,967 | #130 |
| 1959 | 2,822 | — | #5,906 | #129 |
| 1958 | 2,680 | — | #4,710 | #134 |
| 1957 | 2,428 | — | — | #141 |
| 1956 | 2,387 | — | — | #138 |
| 1955 | 1,933 | — | — | #150 |
| 1954 | 1,692 | — | — | #168 |
| 1953 | 1,515 | — | — | #177 |
| 1952 | 1,466 | — | — | #178 |
| 1951 | 944 | — | — | #210 |
| 1950 | 789 | — | — | #233 |
| 1949 | 671 | — | — | #250 |
| 1948 | 519 | — | — | #303 |
| 1947 | 535 | — | — | #297 |
| 1946 | 373 | — | — | #334 |
| 1945 | 264 | — | — | #368 |
| 1944 | 294 | — | — | #348 |
| 1943 | 296 | — | — | #356 |
| 1942 | 258 | — | — | #377 |
| 1941 | 193 | — | — | #422 |
| 1940 | 194 | — | — | #417 |
| 1939 | 143 | — | — | #478 |
| 1938 | 134 | — | — | #503 |
| 1937 | 135 | — | — | #495 |
| 1936 | 106 | — | — | #560 |
| 1935 | 92 | — | — | #610 |
| 1934 | 69 | — | — | #737 |
| 1933 | 64 | — | — | #766 |
| 1932 | 64 | — | — | #799 |
| 1931 | 56 | — | — | #849 |
| 1930 | 77 | — | — | #716 |
| 1929 | 67 | — | — | #790 |
| 1928 | 62 | — | — | #839 |
| 1927 | 45 | — | — | #1,049 |
| 1926 | 53 | — | — | #939 |
| 1925 | 45 | — | — | #1,034 |
| 1924 | 41 | — | — | #1,128 |
| 1923 | 47 | — | — | #1,039 |
| 1922 | 32 | — | — | #1,297 |
| 1921 | 33 | — | — | #1,286 |
| 1920 | 37 | — | — | #1,196 |
| 1919 | 28 | — | — | #1,369 |
| 1918 | 31 | — | — | #1,275 |
| 1917 | 40 | — | — | #1,054 |
| 1916 | 28 | — | — | #1,289 |
| 1915 | 45 | — | — | #935 |
| 1914 | 29 | — | — | #1,064 |
| 1913 | 26 | — | — | #981 |
| 1912 | 18 | — | — | #1,123 |
| 1911 | 12 | — | — | #1,016 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | — | #1,511 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | — | #1,304 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | — | #1,343 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | — | #1,170 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | — | #1,139 |
| 1896 | 9 | — | — | #801 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | — | #913 |