# Kurtis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kurtis/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,163 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 18,138 / 25 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,699, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 5 | 8,038 |
| 1979 | 7 | 8,495 |
| 1983 | 7 | 8,516 |
| 1986 | 6 | 10,184 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 88 | 1,698 |
| 2012 | 101 | 1,568 |
| 2013 | 91 | 1,667 |
| 2014 | 101 | 1,569 |
| 2015 | 79 | 1,863 |
| 2016 | 88 | 1,759 |
| 2017 | 86 | 1,788 |
| 2018 | 67 | 2,111 |
| 2019 | 49 | 2,645 |
| 2020 | 47 | 2,679 |
| 2021 | 51 | 2,571 |
| 2022 | 47 | 2,778 |
| 2023 | 41 | 3,037 |
| 2024 | 29 | 3,856 |
| 2025 | 47 | 2,738 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 767 |
| 2012 | 30 | 962 |
| 2013 | 26 | 1,044 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 29 | 996 |
| 2016 | 31 | 946 |
| 2017 | 30 | 996 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,587 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Kurtis

- Kurtis Marschall, Australian athletics competitor
- Kurtis Blow, American rapper
- Kurtis Foster, Canadian ice hockey defenceman
- Kurtis Conner, Canadian YouTuber and stand-up comedian (born 1994)
- Kurtis Roberts, American motorcycle racer
- Kurtis Patterson, Australian cricketer
- Kurtis Gabriel, Canadian ice hockey player
- Kurtis MacDermid, Canadian ice hockey player

## 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.