Curtiss

Where Curtiss comes from

Curtiss hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1895
    Curtiss LaQ. Day born
    American aviator
  2. 1896
    First appearance
    #982 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1943
    Peak, #673
    91 babies named Curtiss — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,471.
  5. 1980
    Curtiss Cook born
    American actor
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Curtiss Cook · American actor, born 1980
  • Curtiss LaQ. Day · American aviator, 1895–1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.