Curt — #8959 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Curt

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,679 babies named Curt between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Curt currently holds the #8959 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 720 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Curt performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 5,982 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Curt shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,437 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Curt in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Curt in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 16,679 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.