Curt
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312
- Peak · boys
- 1960 · 720 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,680since 1880
Curt over time
Rank among boys' names. Curt has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 19 |
| 2006 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | #3,447 | 28 |
| 2004 | #3,285 | 29 |
| 2003 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 2002 | #3,095 | 29 |
| 2001 | #2,864 | 32 |
| 2000 | #2,674 | 34 |
| 1999 | #2,398 | 37 |
| 1998 | #2,157 | 42 |
| 1997 | #2,164 | 40 |
| 1996 | #1,986 | 44 |
| 1995 | #1,527 | 62 |
| 1994 | #1,773 | 49 |
| 1993 | #1,539 | 59 |
| 1992 | #1,429 | 64 |
| 1991 | #1,264 | 78 |
| 1990 | #1,042 | 103 |
| 1989 | #1,102 | 92 |
| 1988 | #850 | 125 |
| 1987 | #787 | 137 |
| 1986 | #726 | 155 |
| 1985 | #707 | 156 |
| 1984 | #679 | 162 |
| 1983 | #714 | 145 |
| 1982 | #642 | 180 |
| 1981 | #603 | 200 |
| 1980 | #575 | 226 |
| 1979 | #537 | 249 |
| 1978 | #553 | 227 |
| 1977 | #566 | 218 |
| 1976 | #554 | 211 |
| 1975 | #528 | 232 |
| 1974 | #482 | 272 |
| 1973 | #430 | 327 |
| 1972 | #403 | 380 |
| 1971 | #414 | 378 |
| 1970 | #374 | 466 |
| 1969 | #352 | 509 |
| 1968 | #329 | 537 |
| 1967 | #334 | 506 |
| 1966 | #338 | 499 |
| 1965 | #317 | 579 |
| 1964 | #305 | 666 |
| 1963 | #316 | 632 |
| 1962 | #298 | 675 |
| 1961 | #303 | 658 |
| 1960 | #292 | 720 |
| 1959 | #301 | 658 |
| 1958 | #309 | 600 |
| 1957 | #366 | 441 |
| 1956 | #401 | 357 |
| 1955 | #430 | 291 |
| 1954 | #407 | 309 |
| 1953 | #449 | 255 |
| 1952 | #436 | 259 |
| 1951 | #485 | 194 |
| 1950 | #553 | 149 |
| 1949 | #637 | 115 |
| 1948 | #587 | 129 |
| 1947 | #602 | 127 |
| 1946 | #663 | 95 |
| 1945 | #676 | 79 |
| 1944 | #735 | 71 |
| 1943 | #828 | 63 |
| 1942 | #795 | 65 |
| 1941 | #839 | 57 |
| 1940 | #1,050 | 38 |
| 1939 | #942 | 44 |
| 1938 | #1,043 | 38 |
| 1937 | #1,074 | 36 |
| 1936 | #1,182 | 31 |
| 1935 | #1,165 | 32 |
| 1934 | #1,059 | 38 |
| 1933 | #1,361 | 24 |
| 1932 | #1,716 | 18 |
| 1931 | #1,538 | 21 |
| 1930 | #1,299 | 30 |
| 1929 | #1,731 | 19 |
| 1928 | #1,522 | 24 |
| 1927 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1924 | #1,492 | 26 |
| 1923 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #1,503 | 25 |
| 1921 | #1,588 | 23 |
| 1920 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1919 | #1,351 | 28 |
| 1918 | #1,998 | 16 |
| 1917 | #1,587 | 21 |
| 1916 | #1,505 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,342 | 25 |
| 1914 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,353 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #836 | 6 |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #503 | 12 |
| 1880 | #809 | 6 |
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.
Where Curt is popular in 1975
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#153 · 1 in 1,309
- Michigan#264 · 1 in 2,578
- Wisconsin#267 · 1 in 3,087
- Indiana#310 · 1 in 3,563
- Kansas#311 · 1 in 2,942
Best ever in a state: #95 in Wyoming, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #153 | 15 | 1 in 1,309 |
| Michigan | #264 | 24 | 1 in 2,578 |
| Wisconsin | #267 | 10 | 1 in 3,087 |
| Indiana | #310 | 11 | 1 in 3,563 |
| Kansas | #311 | 5 | 1 in 2,942 |
| Colorado | #313 | 7 | 1 in 2,665 |
| Minnesota | #318 | 6 | 1 in 4,481 |
| Missouri | #327 | 9 | 1 in 3,654 |
| Pennsylvania | #336 | 15 | 1 in 4,782 |
| Ohio | #388 | 14 | 1 in 5,470 |
| Washington | #408 | 5 | 1 in 4,641 |
| Illinois | #452 | 16 | 1 in 4,891 |
| New Jersey | #511 | 6 | 1 in 6,882 |
| New York | #648 | 12 | 1 in 9,384 |
| California | #710 | 14 | 1 in 10,863 |
| Texas | #845 | 8 | 1 in 13,384 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Curt
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 306 spots in 1881 (#809 → #503)
- Biggest drop: 252 spots in 1989 (#850 → #1,102)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1960 at #292 (720 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1941–1988
- 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%)
- 35.9% of all boys named Curt (5,981) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 48 | #503 (1881) | #784 |
| 1890s | 35 | #766 (1891) | #952 |
| 1900s | 25 | #836 (1905) | #922 |
| 1910s | 168 | #1,193 (1910) | #1,494 |
| 1920s | 219 | #1,492 (1924) | #1,652 |
| 1930s | 312 | #942 (1939) | #1,238 |
| 1940s | 839 | #587 (1948) | #741 |
| 1950s | 3,513 | #301 (1959) | #414 |
| 1960s | 5,981 | #292 (1960) | #318 |
| 1970s | 2,960 | #374 (1970) | #484 |
| 1980s | 1,578 | #575 (1980) | #739 |
| 1990s | 578 | #1,042 (1990) | #1,728 |
| 2000s | 262 | #2,674 (2000) | #3,798 |
| 2010s | 114 | #4,866 (2014) | #7,339 |
| 2020s | 48 | #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 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 6,730 of them was named Curt, which outranked 91.7% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.