Curtis — #927 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Curtis

The Social Security Administration has registered 260,314 babies named Curtis between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Curtis currently holds the #927 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 5,570 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Curtis performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 47,243 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Curtis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 18,694 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Curtis in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Curtis 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 260,314 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.