Curt

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312

Peak · boys
1960 · 720 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16,680
since 1880

Curt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Curt has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #292, 1960boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024#8,3129
2023#8,2559
2022#8,9908
2021#7,58710
2020#6,62012
2019#10,8036
2018#6,70312
2017#7,09511
2016#8,1469
2015#8,7448
2014#4,86619
2013#5,65915
2012#6,62612
2011#5,94514
2010#8,8038
2009#4,58221
2008#6,07014
2007#4,80819
2006#4,37021
2005#3,44728
2004#3,28529
2003#2,78035
2002#3,09529
2001#2,86432
2000#2,67434
1999#2,39837
1998#2,15742
1997#2,16440
1996#1,98644
1995#1,52762
1994#1,77349
1993#1,53959
1992#1,42964
1991#1,26478
1990#1,042103
1989#1,10292
1988#850125
1987#787137
1986#726155
1985#707156
1984#679162
1983#714145
1982#642180
1981#603200
1980#575226
1979#537249
1978#553227
1977#566218
1976#554211
1975#528232
1974#482272
1973#430327
1972#403380
1971#414378
1970#374466
1969#352509
1968#329537
1967#334506
1966#338499
1965#317579
1964#305666
1963#316632
1962#298675
1961#303658
1960#292720
1959#301658
1958#309600
1957#366441
1956#401357
1955#430291
1954#407309
1953#449255
1952#436259
1951#485194
1950#553149
1949#637115
1948#587129
1947#602127
1946#66395
1945#67679
1944#73571
1943#82863
1942#79565
1941#83957
1940#1,05038
1939#94244
1938#1,04338
1937#1,07436
1936#1,18231
1935#1,16532
1934#1,05938
1933#1,36124
1932#1,71618
1931#1,53821
1930#1,29930
1929#1,73119
1928#1,52224
1927#1,79619
1926#1,78719
1925#1,49325
1924#1,49226
1923#2,02016
1922#1,50325
1921#1,58823
1920#1,59223
1919#1,35128
1918#1,99816
1917#1,58721
1916#1,50522
1915#1,34225
1914#1,49217
1913#1,58012
1912#1,35313
1911#1,5376
1910#1,1938
1909#1,0209
1908
1907
1906
1905#8369
1904
1903#9107
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898#8857
1897#1,0575
1896#1,1015
1895
1894
1893#9076
1892
1891#7667
1890#9945
1889
1888
1887#8196
1886#9595
1885#8366
1884#7647
1883#7996
1882
1881#50312
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Curt was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Curt
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 306 spots in 1881 (#809#503)
  • Biggest drop: 252 spots in 1989 (#850#1,102)
Rise & fade · boys
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1960 at #292 (720 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 62 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1941–1988
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,962
  • Highest: 1 in 2,962 boys born in 1960 were named Curt (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 191,432 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 35.9% of all boys named Curt (5,981) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s48#503 (1881)#784
1890s35#766 (1891)#952
1900s25#836 (1905)#922
1910s168#1,193 (1910)#1,494
1920s219#1,492 (1924)#1,652
1930s312#942 (1939)#1,238
1940s839#587 (1948)#741
1950s3,513#301 (1959)#414
1960s5,981#292 (1960)#318
1970s2,960#374 (1970)#484
1980s1,578#575 (1980)#739
1990s578#1,042 (1990)#1,728
2000s262#2,674 (2000)#3,798
2010s114#4,866 (2014)#7,339
2020s48#6,620 (2020)#7,953

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Curt in 1943

boys
#828
63 births · 1 in 22,656 boys

Top boys' names in 1943

  1. #1James80,278
  2. #2Robert74,892
  3. #3John68,929
  4. #4William55,904
  5. #5Richard46,339
  6. #6David37,240
  7. #7Charles36,632
  8. #8Thomas32,874
  9. #9Ronald29,239
  10. #10Michael24,745
  11. #828Curt63
More about 1943

boys

1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 22,656 of them was named Curt, which outranked 79.5% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Curt
  1. #824Ian64
  2. #824Pierre64
  3. #824Robbie64
  4. #828Curt63
  5. #828Bertram63
  6. #828Bruno63
  7. #828Farrell63
  8. #837Denzil62
  9. #837Duwayne62
  10. #837Hermon62

Tied with 8 names at #828; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. 514Derek#1,228#714
  2. 465Armond#1,421#956
  3. 368Les#1,214#846
  4. 347Aron#1,244#897
  5. 321Edsel#1,167#846
Fallers
  1. 500Humberto#780#1,280
  2. 352Chauncey#928#1,280
  3. 352Clearence#991#1,343
  4. 344Macarthur#512#856
  5. 325Reyes#933#1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1943