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Kurt

“Variant of Konrad — Bold counselor” — Germanic origin

Boy's name · #2258 in the US (2025) · Retro

Kurt has appeared in US records since 1894 — best rank #109 (1964) · 85,858 babies named Kurt all-time · 1 in 25,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 6,300 boys in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 8,300 boys in Sweden (2025) · about 1 in 16,000 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Kurts

• 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)

In stories & tradition

• Kurt (Nightcrawler) — Giant-Size X-Men #1 · Uncanny X-Men
• Kurt Wallander — Wallander · Wallander novels
• Kurt Hummel — Glee · Glee: The 3D Concert Movie

What Kurts become

Among 6,015 notable people named Kurt:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.94× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kurt Rebmann, German jurist (1924–2005).

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