How Many People Are Named Kurt?
people named Kurt are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,921 people in the US has this name
Based on 86,054 babies named Kurt in Social Security records from 1894 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,168 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
German contracted form of CONRAD. A famous bearer was the American musician Kurt Cobain (1967-1994).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Kurt in English. Counting Kurt and these spellings together, about 82,325 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Kurt (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kurt alive today is about 54 years old, and 51% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 44 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kurt first appears in the records in 1894 and was given most often in 1964, to 3,168 babies. In 2025, 62 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1894 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kurt has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #109, in 1964. In 2025 it ranked #2,271.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,271 |
| Best rank | #109 (1964) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #121 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kurt alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kurt were born in California than in any other state: about 6,580 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kurt was given 3.1 times as often in Wisconsin, 2 times in Minnesota and 1.9 times in Iowa.
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