Curtiss — #12348 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Curtiss

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,074 babies named Curtiss between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Curtiss currently holds the #12348 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 126 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Curtiss performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 947 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Curtiss shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 161 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Curtiss in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Curtiss 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 5,074 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.