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
- Peak · boys
- 1963 · 5,376 births
- Debut · boys
- 68 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 46 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 260,554since 1880
Curtis over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #984 | 232 | |
| 2024 | — | #930 | 249 | |
| 2023 | — | #905 | 257 | |
| 2022 | — | #820 | 302 | |
| 2021 | — | #780 | 317 | |
| 2020 | — | #702 | 361 | |
| 2019 | — | #669 | 393 | |
| 2018 | — | #615 | 438 | |
| 2017 | — | #612 | 431 | |
| 2016 | — | #563 | 508 | |
| 2015 | — | #527 | 542 | |
| 2014 | — | #530 | 525 | |
| 2013 | — | #474 | 585 | |
| 2012 | — | #442 | 625 | |
| 2011 | — | #437 | 624 | |
| 2010 | — | #424 | 652 | |
| 2009 | — | #391 | 767 | |
| 2008 | — | #380 | 809 | |
| 2007 | — | #335 | 953 | |
| 2006 | — | #339 | 916 | |
| 2005 | — | #327 | 960 | |
| 2004 | — | #322 | 950 | |
| 2003 | — | #326 | 907 | |
| 2002 | — | #291 | 1,024 | |
| 2001 | — | #273 | 1,124 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #265 | 1,240 |
| 1999 | — | #249 | 1,270 | |
| 1998 | — | #226 | 1,408 | |
| 1997 | — | #208 | 1,496 | |
| 1996 | — | #191 | 1,645 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #183 | 1,709 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #170 | 1,869 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #153 | 2,097 |
| 1992 | — | #142 | 2,321 | |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #126 | 2,590 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #121 | 2,800 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | #111 | 2,965 |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | #105 | 2,907 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 | #100 | 2,909 |
| 1986 | #3,360 | 26 | #100 | 2,910 |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 | #98 | 2,943 |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | #96 | 2,959 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | #100 | 2,847 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 | #101 | 2,940 |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 | #94 | 3,198 |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 | #89 | 3,332 |
| 1979 | #3,147 | 26 | #91 | 3,200 |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 | #96 | 2,825 |
| 1977 | #2,666 | 31 | #100 | 2,605 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | #105 | 2,451 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | #113 | 2,327 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | #98 | 2,589 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #98 | 2,690 |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 | #92 | 3,080 |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 | #88 | 3,426 |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 | #88 | 3,615 |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 | #81 | 3,675 |
| 1968 | #2,296 | 28 | #75 | 3,855 |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 | #77 | 3,966 |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | #75 | 4,242 |
| 1965 | #1,829 | 39 | #75 | 4,687 |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 | #75 | 5,064 |
| 1963 | #2,172 | 30 | #72 | 5,376 |
| 1962 | #2,031 | 33 | #73 | 5,569 |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | #75 | 5,447 |
| 1960 | #1,747 | 42 | #79 | 5,363 |
| 1959 | #2,021 | 31 | #75 | 5,536 |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 | #82 | 5,261 |
| 1957 | #1,474 | 52 | #80 | 5,342 |
| 1956 | #1,871 | 33 | #80 | 5,157 |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 | #79 | 4,981 |
| 1954 | #1,769 | 34 | #84 | 4,594 |
| 1953 | #2,017 | 26 | #86 | 4,353 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 | #86 | 4,175 |
| 1951 | #1,772 | 30 | #91 | 3,716 |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 | #97 | 3,209 |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 | #97 | 3,088 |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 | #101 | 3,091 |
| 1947 | #1,863 | 27 | #99 | 3,037 |
| 1946 | #2,094 | 20 | #99 | 2,723 |
| 1945 | #1,514 | 29 | #97 | 2,393 |
| 1944 | #1,364 | 35 | #97 | 2,465 |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 | #100 | 2,525 |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 | #98 | 2,420 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 | #100 | 2,164 |
| 1940 | #1,347 | 31 | #97 | 2,103 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | #98 | 2,012 |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 | #101 | 2,002 |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 25 | #109 | 1,790 |
| 1936 | #1,413 | 27 | #107 | 1,797 |
| 1935 | #1,449 | 26 | #108 | 1,753 |
| 1934 | #1,481 | 25 | #103 | 1,844 |
| 1933 | #1,262 | 32 | #107 | 1,679 |
| 1932 | #1,293 | 32 | #103 | 1,775 |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 | #108 | 1,635 |
| 1930 | #1,232 | 37 | #106 | 1,721 |
| 1929 | #1,282 | 34 | #99 | 1,946 |
| 1928 | #1,239 | 38 | #101 | 1,920 |
| 1927 | #1,523 | 29 | #118 | 1,590 |
| 1926 | #1,589 | 27 | #112 | 1,626 |
| 1925 | #1,891 | 21 | #118 | 1,520 |
| 1924 | #1,301 | 38 | #117 | 1,529 |
| 1923 | #1,388 | 33 | #116 | 1,538 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 | #113 | 1,547 |
| 1921 | #1,298 | 36 | #122 | 1,479 |
| 1920 | #1,439 | 31 | #120 | 1,443 |
| 1919 | #1,393 | 31 | #120 | 1,346 |
| 1918 | #1,203 | 39 | #123 | 1,335 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 | #121 | 1,243 |
| 1916 | #1,630 | 22 | #120 | 1,174 |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 | #128 | 1,058 |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 | #120 | 915 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | #119 | 676 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 | #121 | 566 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | #118 | 321 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | #114 | 277 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | #114 | 244 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 | #123 | 203 |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | #115 | 208 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #121 | 177 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #118 | 182 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | #139 | 144 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | #135 | 138 |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 | #145 | 129 |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | #143 | 114 |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 | #147 | 144 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #149 | 103 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | #139 | 128 |
| 1897 | — | #154 | 102 | |
| 1896 | — | #155 | 107 | |
| 1895 | — | #179 | 89 | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | #171 | 88 |
| 1893 | — | #180 | 80 | |
| 1892 | — | #188 | 83 | |
| 1891 | — | #199 | 62 | |
| 1890 | — | #164 | 86 | |
| 1889 | — | #195 | 67 | |
| 1888 | — | #169 | 89 | |
| 1887 | — | #196 | 61 | |
| 1886 | — | #189 | 72 | |
| 1885 | — | #187 | 70 | |
| 1884 | — | #186 | 73 | |
| 1883 | — | #205 | 53 | |
| 1882 | — | #188 | 70 | |
| 1881 | — | #168 | 72 | |
| 1880 | — | #186 | 68 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1963 at #72 (5,376 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 46 yrs · run 1949–1974
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 18.1% of all boys named Curtis (47,244) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 695 | #168 (1881) | #187 |
| 1890s | 928 | #139 (1898) | #168 |
| 1900s | 1,683 | #114 (1909) | #130 |
| 1910s | 8,911 | #114 (1910) | #120 |
| 1920s | 16,138 | #99 (1929) | #114 |
| 1930s | 18,008 | #98 (1939) | #105 |
| 1940s | 26,009 | #97 (1949) | #99 |
| 1950s | 46,324 | #75 (1959) | #84 |
| 1960s | 47,244 | #72 (1963) | #76 |
| 1970s | 28,808 | #88 (1970) | #97 |
| 1980s | 29,910 | #89 (1980) | #99 |
| 1990s | 19,205 | #121 (1990) | #177 |
| 2000s | 9,650 | #265 (2000) | #325 |
| 2010s | 5,323 | #424 (2010) | #529 |
| 2020s | 1,718 | #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 1960
Top girls' names in 1960
Top boys' names in 1960
More about 1960
girls
2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 48,141 of them was named Curtis, which outranked 76.2% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,725Shirleen43
- #1,725Tory43
- #1,725Vada43
- #1,747Curtis42
- #1,747Berlinda42
- #1,747Dann42
- #1,747Demetra42
- #1,764Belen41
- #1,764Carrol41
- #1,764Chari41
Tied with 16 names at #1,747; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 398 of them was named Curtis, which outranked 98.3% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.