Curtiss
Curtiss was last recorded in 2024, when 5 babies were given it; 5,074 Americans have been recorded with it between 1896 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,830 Americans named Curtiss and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (56% of everyone recorded); the median is 62 years old and half are between 46 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Curtiss by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Curtiss?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #12,711, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
126 babies in 1959, the peak
Curtiss peaked in 1959, when 126 boys were given it, #680 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,711 | 2.9 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,421 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | 6 | #11,055 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,677 | 2.7 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,155 | 5.7 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,954 | 4.2 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,912 | 3.7 |
| 2011 | 6 | #11,103 | 3.2 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,097 | 7.3 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,501 | 6.6 |
Every recorded year (111)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 11 | #7,296 | 5.4 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,933 | 2.9 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,306 | 3.5 |
| 2004 | 10 | #7,068 | 5.0 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,819 | 5.1 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,455 | 6.7 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,091 | 5.7 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,336 | 6.6 |
| 1999 | 18 | #4,009 | 9.4 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,869 | 9.4 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,763 | 9.5 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,308 | 11.1 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,846 | 6.3 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,778 | 13.5 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,054 | 19.9 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,776 | 8.0 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,234 | 15.8 |
| 1990 | 32 | #2,221 | 15.6 |
| 1989 | 46 | #1,681 | 23.0 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,733 | 20.9 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,762 | 19.8 |
| 1986 | 32 | #1,880 | 17.4 |
| 1985 | 37 | #1,677 | 20.0 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,698 | 18.8 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,831 | 16.7 |
| 1982 | 50 | #1,322 | 27.6 |
| 1981 | 35 | #1,666 | 19.5 |
| 1980 | 38 | #1,575 | 21.3 |
| 1979 | 45 | #1,394 | 26.1 |
| 1978 | 41 | #1,456 | 25.0 |
| 1977 | 39 | #1,478 | 23.7 |
| 1976 | 34 | #1,578 | 21.7 |
| 1975 | 42 | #1,347 | 26.9 |
| 1974 | 35 | #1,476 | 22.3 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,205 | 30.2 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,198 | 29.0 |
| 1971 | 60 | #1,052 | 33.9 |
| 1970 | 73 | #934 | 39.3 |
| 1969 | 79 | #863 | 44.2 |
| 1968 | 59 | #949 | 33.9 |
| 1967 | 61 | #926 | 35.0 |
| 1966 | 58 | #951 | 32.5 |
| 1965 | 51 | #1,033 | 27.4 |
| 1964 | 77 | #870 | 38.6 |
| 1963 | 111 | #737 | 54.7 |
| 1962 | 99 | #768 | 47.9 |
| 1961 | 108 | #739 | 50.8 |
| 1960 | 89 | #808 | 41.7 |
| 1959 | 126 | #680 | 59.0 |
| 1958 | 93 | #771 | 43.8 |
| 1957 | 104 | #735 | 48.2 |
| 1956 | 102 | #727 | 48.2 |
| 1955 | 109 | #699 | 52.9 |
| 1954 | 81 | #799 | 39.7 |
| 1953 | 98 | #723 | 49.7 |
| 1952 | 75 | #808 | 38.6 |
| 1951 | 88 | #739 | 46.7 |
| 1950 | 71 | #806 | 39.7 |
| 1949 | 86 | #741 | 48.5 |
| 1948 | 86 | #723 | 49.0 |
| 1947 | 73 | #809 | 39.9 |
| 1946 | 79 | #739 | 48.6 |
| 1945 | 72 | #721 | 53.5 |
| 1944 | 72 | #731 | 52.8 |
| 1943 | 91 | #674 | 63.8 |
| 1942 | 82 | #707 | 59.4 |
| 1941 | 77 | #702 | 62.7 |
| 1940 | 63 | #783 | 54.3 |
| 1939 | 60 | #785 | 54.2 |
| 1938 | 61 | #786 | 55.0 |
| 1937 | 62 | #781 | 58.1 |
| 1936 | 53 | #835 | 51.1 |
| 1935 | 74 | #703 | 71.1 |
| 1934 | 53 | #864 | 51.3 |
| 1933 | 51 | #871 | 51.4 |
| 1932 | 63 | #803 | 60.3 |
| 1931 | 58 | #828 | 55.8 |
| 1930 | 51 | #947 | 46.5 |
| 1929 | 71 | #756 | 66.0 |
| 1928 | 51 | #954 | 46.0 |
| 1927 | 55 | #932 | 48.8 |
| 1926 | 41 | #1,112 | 36.9 |
| 1925 | 44 | #1,046 | 39.4 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,137 | 35.3 |
| 1923 | 51 | #963 | 46.5 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,060 | 40.4 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,207 | 32.7 |
| 1920 | 42 | #1,094 | 39.5 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,146 | 37.8 |
| 1918 | 35 | #1,178 | 34.5 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,181 | 35.7 |
| 1916 | 38 | #1,047 | 42.7 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,273 | 31.8 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,305 | 32.1 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,219 | 35.1 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,285 | 32.6 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,796 | 22.1 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,225 | 41.2 |
| 1909 | 11 | #906 | 67.1 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,386 | 34.1 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,006 | 50.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Curtiss a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Curtiss has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 111 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Curtiss: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Curtiss, and how old are they?
2,830 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 56% of the 5,074 Americans ever recorded as Curtiss. The median Curtiss alive today is 62 years old; half are between 46 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 2,442 people named Curtiss (37 women and girls, 2,405 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,205 born in the U.S. The Census count is 24% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 244 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,170 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 709 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 492 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 172 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 40 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Curtiss born?
The states with the most babies named Curtiss are California, Illinois and Ohio, with 36% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 161 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 137 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 126 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New York | 123 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 67 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Wisconsin | 63 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 57 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Minnesota | 53 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Florida | 45 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| South Carolina | 45 | not ranked | 0.5× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Curtiss with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Curtiss?
Curtiss is a less common spelling of Curtis: SSA has recorded 5,074 Curtiss and 262,876 Curtis since 1880.
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 286,420 babies since 1880, Curtiss is the third most given (1.8% of them). In 2025 none of their 279 babies recorded by SSA was a Curtiss (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Curtiss
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Curtiss and names like it
- Compare Curtiss and CurtisBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sCurtiss peaked in 1959.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Curtiss since 1910.
- The top names of 1959The year the most babies were named Curtiss.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Curtiss alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with CMost given first.