—2024 rank
1963peak year
81,755babies named Kurt since 1880
▼ 27%5-year trend
Kurt popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Kurt mean?
A short form of German Conrad, from kuoni 'brave, bold' and rat 'counsel'. Long common in Germany, it spread to America in the twentieth century.
OriginGerman
Syllables1
Genderboy
Styleclassic, vintage
Names like Kurt
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Famous Kurts
- Kurt Cobain, musician
- Kurt Vonnegut, novelist
Spellings & variants
CurtConradKonrad
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