Kort was the #8,910 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies).
Kort as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#8,910 (8)
2024
#10,938 (6)
2022
#10,863 (6)
2021
#7,089 (11)
2020
#8,739 (8)
2019
#8,889 (8)
2018
#8,154 (9)
2017
#6,338 (13)
2016
#6,053 (14)
2015
#5,746 (15)
2014
#7,562 (10)
2013
#5,404 (16)
2012
#5,720 (15)
2011
#6,256 (13)
2010
#4,517 (21)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2004 at #3,735.
Holding steady over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1947.
How common is it?
about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.