Curtis

Last seen for girls in 2000 at #15,031 · #984 for boys in 2025, 232 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time

Showing
Show data for
Peak · boys
#72
1963 · 5,376 births
Debut · boys
1880
68 births
In top 100 · boys
46 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
260,554
since 1880

Curtis over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #72, 1963boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#984232
2024—#930249
2023—#905257
2022—#820302
2021—#780317
2020—#702361
2019—#669393
2018—#615438
2017—#612431
2016—#563508
2015—#527542
2014—#530525
2013—#474585
2012—#442625
2011—#437624
2010—#424652
2009—#391767
2008—#380809
2007—#335953
2006—#339916
2005—#327960
2004—#322950
2003—#326907
2002—#2911,024
2001—#2731,124
2000#15,0315#2651,240
1999—#2491,270
1998—#2261,408
1997—#2081,496
1996—#1911,645
1995#11,7836#1831,709
1994#13,4305#1701,869
1993#10,5887#1532,097
1992—#1422,321
1991#7,98710#1262,590
1990#5,28617#1212,800
1989#4,52220#1112,965
1988#3,69025#1052,907
1987#3,03131#1002,909
1986#3,36026#1002,910
1985#3,24627#982,943
1984#3,87420#962,959
1983#3,15126#1002,847
1982#3,17227#1012,940
1981#3,06628#943,198
1980#3,21526#893,332
1979#3,14726#913,200
1978#2,94227#962,825
1977#2,66631#1002,605
1976#3,28721#1052,451
1975#4,14115#1132,327
1974#4,04115#982,589
1973#3,48118#982,690
1972#2,35631#923,080
1971#2,87424#883,426
1970#2,52229#883,615
1969#2,39629#813,675
1968#2,29628#753,855
1967#2,43225#773,966
1966#2,83919#754,242
1965#1,82939#754,687
1964#2,34827#755,064
1963#2,17230#725,376
1962#2,03133#735,569
1961#1,83839#755,447
1960#1,74742#795,363
1959#2,02131#755,536
1958#1,63043#825,261
1957#1,47452#805,342
1956#1,87133#805,157
1955#1,69137#794,981
1954#1,76934#844,594
1953#2,01726#864,353
1952#2,32720#864,175
1951#1,77230#913,716
1950#2,12121#973,209
1949#1,66632#973,088
1948#2,07022#1013,091
1947#1,86327#993,037
1946#2,09420#992,723
1945#1,51429#972,393
1944#1,36435#972,465
1943#1,49231#1002,525
1942#1,55928#982,420
1941#1,95418#1002,164
1940#1,34731#972,103
1939#2,03816#982,012
1938#1,94517#1012,002
1937#1,49325#1091,790
1936#1,41327#1071,797
1935#1,44926#1081,753
1934#1,48125#1031,844
1933#1,26232#1071,679
1932#1,29332#1031,775
1931#2,02416#1081,635
1930#1,23237#1061,721
1929#1,28234#991,946
1928#1,23938#1011,920
1927#1,52329#1181,590
1926#1,58927#1121,626
1925#1,89121#1181,520
1924#1,30138#1171,529
1923#1,38833#1161,538
1922#1,73024#1131,547
1921#1,29836#1221,479
1920#1,43931#1201,443
1919#1,39331#1201,346
1918#1,20339#1231,335
1917#1,84719#1211,243
1916#1,63022#1201,174
1915#1,52323#1281,058
1914#1,66516#120915
1913#1,40517#119676
1912#1,42115#121566
1911#1,54510#118321
1910#1,42111#114277
1909#1,36910#114244
1908#1,35710#123203
1907#1,14212#115208
1906#1,9515#121177
1905#1,6966#118182
1904#1,8775#139144
1903#1,3188#135138
1902#1,07511#145129
1901#1,6795#143114
1900#1,23110#147144
1899#1,5965#149103
1898#1,5026#139128
1897—#154102
1896—#155107
1895—#17989
1894#1,1368#17188
1893—#18080
1892—#18883
1891—#19962
1890—#16486
1889—#19567
1888—#16989
1887—#19661
1886—#18972
1885—#18770
1884—#18673
1883—#20553
1882—#18870
1881—#16872
1880—#18668
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Curtis was already there! It came in at #186, and was given to 68 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 74 boys a year got the name.

See more about Curtis
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 54 spots since 2024 (#930 → #984)
  • 282 spots since 2020 (#702 → #984)
  • 457 spots since 2015 (#527 → #984)
  • Biggest jump: 31 spots in 1890 (#195 → #164)
  • Biggest drop: 85 spots in 2023 (#820 → #905)
Rise & fade · boys
83 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1963 at #72 (5,376 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 46 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 46 yrs · run 1949–1974
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 371
  • Highest: 1 in 371 boys born in 1962 were named Curtis (0.27%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,362 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #72 in 1963, was only 1 in 378 (0.26%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 18.1% of all boys named Curtis (47,244) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s695#168 (1881)#187
1890s928#139 (1898)#168
1900s1,683#114 (1909)#130
1910s8,911#114 (1910)#120
1920s16,138#99 (1929)#114
1930s18,008#98 (1939)#105
1940s26,009#97 (1949)#99
1950s46,324#75 (1959)#84
1960s47,244#72 (1963)#76
1970s28,808#88 (1970)#97
1980s29,910#89 (1980)#99
1990s19,205#121 (1990)#177
2000s9,650#265 (2000)#325
2010s5,323#424 (2010)#529
2020s1,718#702 (2020)#854

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.

Curtis in 1926

girls
#1,589
27 births · 1 in 43,904 girls
boys
#112
1,626 births · 1 in 683 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #1,589Curtis27

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #112Curtis1,626
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 43,904 of them was named Curtis, which outranked 71.7% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Curtis
  1. #1,541Ruther28
  2. #1,541Thomasine28
  3. #1,541Vlasta28
  4. #1,589Curtis27
  5. #1,589Arie27
  6. #1,589Arlys27
  7. #1,589Armida27
  8. #1,623Alleen26
  9. #1,623America26
  10. #1,623Andrew26

Tied with 33 names at #1,589; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 683 of them was named Curtis, which outranked 97.7% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Curtis
  1. #109Edgar1,677
  2. #110Maurice1,640
  3. #111Rudolph1,636
  4. #112Curtis1,626
  5. #112Marion1,626
  6. #114Jerome1,612
  7. #115Jimmie1,609
  8. #116Bobby1,595

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 477Jonnie#1,332 → #855
  2. ↑ 433Jorge#1,425 → #992
  3. ↑ 410Faustino#1,390 → #980
  4. ↑ 404Adelbert#1,246 → #842
  5. ↑ 381Cameron#1,164 → #783
Fallers
  1. ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
  2. ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
  3. ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
  5. ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926 →