Boys' name · since 1915
Curties
62 babies named Curties in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1929. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,631 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 62
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Curties sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 62 recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Curties has been recorded 62 times among boys since 1915, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1962.
- #20,631 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 62 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Curties ranks #20,631 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 62 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #20,631 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 62
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Curties's 62 recorded births place it above 54.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Curties's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Curties's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1929 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Curties popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1962
- Peak year (1929)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Curties by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (23 births, 37% of the file).
1920s was Curties's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Curties births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
23 births
- 1930s
1930s
12 births
- 1940s
1940s
11 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 23 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Curties's decade-level peak was the 1920s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Curties: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1929)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–1962 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Curties draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.