Kurtiss

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Kurtiss is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.4M(measured from records)
  • GHGhana≈1 in 332K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 795K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

233 people, 2020

Sources
119 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 332K (inferred from the name graph)

Ghana, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kurtiss counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kurtiss is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2331 in 1.4M231Kurtiss119
GH Ghana≈88 est.≈1 in 332K—Kurtiss2
GB United Kingdom≈43 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Kurtiss28
IT Italy≈34 est.≈1 in 1.8M—Kurtiss1
PH Philippines≈20 est.≈1 in 5.5M—Kurtiss2
SG Singapore≈8 est.≈1 in 795K—Kurtiss1

233 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kurtiss is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Latvian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia, United States

    Also written Kurtišs

25 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Kurtiss
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020231#34,840
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)196912—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)196812—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)197111—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)195511—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)196510—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19849—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19729—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19649—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19599—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19918—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19778—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Kurtiss a male or female name?
Kurtiss is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Kurtiss have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 233 people named Kurtiss, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kurtiss.
How common is the name Kurtiss?
In the United States, the national register counted 233 people named Kurtiss in 2020, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kurtiss”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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