Boys' name · peaked in 1962
Curtis name popularity since 1925
242,657 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Curtis (0.8% girls, 99.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1963 or earlier, so the typical Curtis is about 63 years old in 2026. Curtis peaked in 1962 as the #73 name for boys, and it ranked #985 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 242,657
- Named Curtis, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #985
- for boys in 2025 (232 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.2% boys
- 1,856 girls · 240,801 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 2.62× its national share
Peak year is the year Curtis made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Curtis births per year, 1925–2025
1962 was the biggest year for Curtis both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 2018 and 2023, Curtis's share of baby boys fell by 38%, from 1 in 4,150 to 1 in 6,660.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Curtis's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Curtis.
Decade by decade
Babies named Curtis in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 149 | 8,602 | – |
| 1930s | 253 | 18,008 | #108 |
| 1940s | 273 | 26,009 | #97 |
| 1950s | 327 | 46,324 | #79 |
| 1960s | 311 | 47,244 | #75 |
| 1970s | 237 | 28,808 | #113 |
| 1980s | 256 | 29,910 | #98 |
| 1990s | 45 | 19,205 | #183 |
| 2000s | 5 | 9,650 | #327 |
| 2010s | 0 | 5,323 | #528 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 1,718 | #985 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
35.3% of babies named Curtis from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Curtis is most popular
The index compares Curtis's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Curtis.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 2.62× | 7,687 |
| North Dakota | 2.58× | 1,969 |
| Alabama | 1.96× | 8,385 |
| South Dakota | 1.93× | 1,484 |
| Arkansas | 1.84× | 4,580 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Curtis and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Curtis (this page) | 240,801 | 1962 |
| Kurtis | 18,138 | 1987 |
| Curtiss | 4,603 | 1935 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Curtis's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Curtis.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Curtis (1962).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data