Kurt
Boy nameKurt has been given to 86,054 babies in the U.S. since 1894. It peaked in 1964.
Meaning & origin /kɝt/
From German Kurt.
Origin: Germanic languages
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
86,054
Peak year
1964 (3,168 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1894
10-year trend
▼ -49%
Gender split
0% girls / 100% boys
Famous people named Kurt
Kurt Cobain
American rock musician (1967–1994)
Kurt Vonnegut
American author (1922–2007)
Kurt Gödel
Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906–1978)
Kurt Waldheim
Austrian politician and diplomat (1918–2007)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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