# Kurt (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kurt/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | German |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /kɝt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Curt |
| US babies named this | 86,054 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 85,858 / 196 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,237, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From German Kurt.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 14 | 3,871 |
| 1970 | 6 | 7,513 |
| 1971 | 9 | 5,767 |
| 1972 | 10 | 5,278 |
| 1973 | 8 | 6,370 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,560 |
| 1979 | 7 | 8,494 |
| 1980 | 5 | 11,243 |
| 1981 | 9 | 7,082 |
| 1982 | 7 | 8,702 |
| 1983 | 5 | 11,128 |
| 1985 | 7 | 8,804 |
| 1986 | 7 | 9,046 |
| 1987 | 6 | 10,548 |
| 1989 | 5 | 13,485 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 111 | 1,473 |
| 2012 | 108 | 1,493 |
| 2013 | 131 | 1,320 |
| 2014 | 113 | 1,451 |
| 2015 | 121 | 1,424 |
| 2016 | 122 | 1,427 |
| 2017 | 93 | 1,701 |
| 2018 | 90 | 1,731 |
| 2019 | 97 | 1,667 |
| 2020 | 94 | 1,683 |
| 2021 | 72 | 2,051 |
| 2022 | 81 | 1,929 |
| 2023 | 57 | 2,405 |
| 2024 | 71 | 2,110 |
| 2025 | 62 | 2,271 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,270 |
| 2013 | 26 | 1,044 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,234 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## 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)
- Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Chancellor of West Germany (1966–1969)
- Kurt Russell, American actor (born 1951)
- Kurt Alder, German chemist (1902–1958)
- Kurt von Schleicher, German chancellor (1882-1934)
- Kurt Zadek Lewin, German-American psychologist (1890-1947)
- Kurt Schuschnigg, Chancellor of Austria (1897-1977)
- Kurt Zouma, French footballer (born 1994)
- Kurt Weill, German composer (1900–1950)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.