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Kurt

Gender
Boy
Say it
KURT
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#2,511 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,258 for boys

Kurt is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bold counsel”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 2,258th for boys in the US (62 babies).

What does Kurt mean?

Germanic: German short form of Konrad

“bold counsel”

Began as a German contraction of Konrad; the novelist Kurt Vonnegut is a well-known bearer.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Kurt a girl's or a boy's name?

Kurt is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 62 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kurt in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,511th among boys
Babies in 2025
9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 9% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Kurt, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 136 boys.

Half of all the boys named Kurt in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 136 in 19962025
Kurt in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#2,511
20248#2,750
202314#1,812
20229#2,457
20216#3,179
202011#2,052
20195#3,597
201818#1,486
201719#1,428
201624#1,234
201523#1,237
201422#1,260
201327#1,088
201220#1,342
201123#1,203
201021#1,288
200922#1,214
200848#701
200735#843
200642#712
200533#812
200464#469
200372#398
2002102#301
200172#385
200082#353
1999103#303
1998117#273
1997135#252
1996136#248

How popular is Kurt in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,258th among boys
Babies in 2025
62 about 1 in 28,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 32% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 62 boys in the US were named Kurt, making it the 2,258th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,679th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 3,158 boys. It first appears in the records in 1894.

Half of all the boys named Kurt in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.

1894Busiest: 3,158 in 19642025
Kurt in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202562#2,258
202471#2,098
202357#2,386
202281#1,916
202172#2,039
202094#1,679
201997#1,658
201890#1,724
201793#1,695
2016122#1,421
2015121#1,416
2014113#1,447
2013131#1,315
2012108#1,490
2011111#1,468
2010112#1,462
2009134#1,304
2008139#1,251
2007157#1,139
2006182#1,008
2005182#958
2004230#785
2003244#737
2002278#670
2001273#666
2000315#608
1999334#583
1998368#544
1997439#487
1996482#456
1995537#424
1994554#411
1993587#392
1992691#346
1991744#333
1990957#274
1989973#260
19881,043#233
19871,023#229
19861,059#224
19851,015#228
1984978#229
1983971#231
19821,180#209
19811,160#214
19801,280#192
19791,250#194
19781,065#208
19771,119#202
19761,018#209
19751,085#202
19741,233#182
19731,235#186
19721,582#164
19711,873#155
19702,197#149
19692,281#132
19682,454#123
19672,742#113
19662,846#110
19652,875#112
19643,158#109
19633,132#116
19623,019#121
19612,827#129
19602,881#130
19592,816#129
19582,672#134
19572,428#141
19562,387#138
19551,933#150
19541,692#168
19531,515#177
19521,466#178
1951944#210
1950789#233
1949671#249
1948519#303
1947535#297
1946373#334
1945264#367
1944294#348
1943296#356
1942258#377
1941193#421
1940194#415
1939143#477
1938134#502
1937135#493
1936106#556
193592#605
193469#733
193364#762
193264#793
193156#841
193077#710
192967#788
192862#835
192745#1,041
192653#931
192545#1,022
192441#1,117
192347#1,026
192232#1,282
192133#1,267
192037#1,180
191928#1,351
191831#1,256
191740#1,033
191628#1,265
191545#925
191429#1,054
191326#969
191218#1,095
191112#981
19106#1,420
19090–
19086#1,216
19070–
19065#1,252
19056#1,090
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18995#1,050
18980–
18970–
18969#778
18950–
18947#856

Names like Kurt

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Billy, Michael, Robert, Patrick, Daniel, Robbie, David, Robin, Matthew, Reggie, Jamie, Charles

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Kurt: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kurt, updated 20 October 2026.