Meaning not yet researched.
Curtis: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 232 in 2025. Its best rank was #72 in 1963.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #72 in 1963; #985 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Curtis in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#985 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1963, at #72.
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Curtis: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 232 boys in 2025. Peak: #72 in 1963 · most boys in one year: 5,569 (1962).
In 2025, 232 US boys were named Curtis, making it the 985th most common boys’ name of the year, down 55 places from #930 in 2024. That is 17 fewer than the 249 boys named Curtis in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #72, reached in 1963. The most boys given the name in a single year was 5,569, in 1962. For comparison, it was #528 in 2015 and #97 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Curtis in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 68 babies with the name. In all, 262,876 US babies have been given the name, 0.9% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 47,555 babies named Curtis.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,488 US boys were named Curtis; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 508. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,362 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Curtis ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #377 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Kurtis (18,163 babies since 1880) and Curtiss (5,074 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Kurtiss, Curtez and Curties are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Curt.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Kurtiss (245), Curtez (76), Curties (62), Kurtus (28), Cortes (27), Curtus (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 29 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 8 | #377 | #293 |
| Idaho | 6 | #385 | — |
| Connecticut | 6 | #453 | #328 |
| Nevada | 6 | #460 | #403 |
| Louisiana | 8 | #544 | #722 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | #562 | #387 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #638 | #526 |
| Tennessee | 11 | #647 | #433 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #765 | #410 |
| Illinois | 10 | #818 | #509 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #835 | #549 |
| Georgia | 10 | #865 | #479 |
| Missouri | 5 | #896 | #394 |
| Virginia | 7 | #897 | #431 |
| Florida | 14 | #966 | #465 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,034 | #572 |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,037 | #348 |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,051 | #394 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,147 | #325 |
| Texas | 17 | #1,225 | #628 |
| New York | 9 | #1,227 | #630 |
| California | 14 | #1,313 | #683 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 232 | #985 |
| 2024 | — | — | 249 | #930 |
| 2023 | — | — | 257 | #905 |
| 2022 | — | — | 302 | #821 |
| 2021 | — | — | 317 | #780 |
| 2020 | — | — | 361 | #703 |
| 2019 | — | — | 393 | #669 |
| 2018 | — | — | 438 | #615 |
| 2017 | — | — | 431 | #612 |
| 2016 | — | — | 508 | #563 |
| 2015 | — | — | 542 | #528 |
| 2014 | — | — | 525 | #530 |
| 2013 | — | — | 585 | #475 |
| 2012 | — | — | 625 | #442 |
| 2011 | — | — | 624 | #437 |
| 2010 | — | — | 652 | #424 |
| 2009 | — | — | 767 | #391 |
| 2008 | — | — | 809 | #380 |
| 2007 | — | — | 953 | #335 |
| 2006 | — | — | 916 | #339 |
| 2005 | — | — | 960 | #327 |
| 2004 | — | — | 950 | #322 |
| 2003 | — | — | 907 | #326 |
| 2002 | — | — | 1,024 | #291 |
| 2001 | — | — | 1,124 | #273 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,581 | 1,240 | #265 |
| 1999 | — | — | 1,270 | #249 |
| 1998 | — | — | 1,408 | #226 |
| 1997 | — | — | 1,496 | #208 |
| 1996 | — | — | 1,645 | #191 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,108 | 1,709 | #183 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,914 | 1,869 | #170 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,845 | 2,097 | #153 |
| 1992 | — | — | 2,321 | #142 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,101 | 2,590 | #126 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,342 | 2,800 | #121 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,545 | 2,965 | #111 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,722 | 2,907 | #105 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,041 | 2,909 | #100 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,376 | 2,910 | #100 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,264 | 2,943 | #98 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,893 | 2,959 | #96 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,170 | 2,847 | #100 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,191 | 2,940 | #101 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,083 | 3,198 | #94 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,237 | 3,332 | #89 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,168 | 3,200 | #91 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,952 | 2,825 | #96 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,676 | 2,605 | #100 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,302 | 2,451 | #105 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,190 | 2,327 | #113 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,069 | 2,589 | #98 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,511 | 2,690 | #98 |
| 1972 | 31 | #2,361 | 3,080 | #92 |
| 1971 | 24 | #2,881 | 3,426 | #89 |
| 1970 | 29 | #2,527 | 3,615 | #88 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,409 | 3,675 | #81 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,310 | 3,855 | #75 |
| 1967 | 25 | #2,443 | 3,966 | #77 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,860 | 4,242 | #75 |
| 1965 | 39 | #1,832 | 4,687 | #75 |
| 1964 | 27 | #2,360 | 5,064 | #75 |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,177 | 5,376 | #72 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,037 | 5,569 | #73 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,843 | 5,447 | #75 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,748 | 5,363 | #79 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,028 | 5,536 | #75 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,634 | 5,261 | #82 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,474 | 5,342 | #80 |
| 1956 | 33 | #1,875 | 5,157 | #80 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,700 | 4,981 | #79 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,777 | 4,594 | #84 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,026 | 4,353 | #86 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,340 | 4,175 | #86 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,778 | 3,716 | #91 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,135 | 3,209 | #97 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,670 | 3,088 | #97 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,081 | 3,091 | #101 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,866 | 3,037 | #99 |
| 1946 | 20 | #2,102 | 2,723 | #99 |
| 1945 | 29 | #1,522 | 2,393 | #97 |
| 1944 | 35 | #1,367 | 2,465 | #97 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,495 | 2,525 | #100 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,563 | 2,420 | #98 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,964 | 2,164 | #100 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,356 | 2,103 | #97 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,056 | 2,012 | #98 |
| 1938 | 17 | #1,961 | 2,002 | #101 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,503 | 1,790 | #109 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,418 | 1,797 | #107 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,457 | 1,753 | #108 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,488 | 1,844 | #103 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,266 | 1,679 | #107 |
| 1932 | 32 | #1,299 | 1,775 | #103 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,036 | 1,635 | #108 |
| 1930 | 37 | #1,236 | 1,721 | #106 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,290 | 1,946 | #99 |
| 1928 | 38 | #1,240 | 1,920 | #101 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,529 | 1,590 | #118 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,594 | 1,626 | #112 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,905 | 1,520 | #118 |
| 1924 | 38 | #1,304 | 1,529 | #117 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,397 | 1,538 | #116 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,741 | 1,547 | #113 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,308 | 1,479 | #122 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,447 | 1,443 | #120 |
| 1919 | 31 | #1,398 | 1,346 | #120 |
| 1918 | 39 | #1,206 | 1,335 | #123 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,859 | 1,243 | #121 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,636 | 1,174 | #120 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,532 | 1,058 | #128 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,674 | 915 | #120 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,414 | 676 | #119 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,431 | 566 | #121 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,563 | 321 | #118 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,443 | 277 | #114 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,387 | 244 | #114 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,374 | 203 | #123 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,154 | 208 | #115 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,018 | 177 | #121 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,752 | 182 | #118 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,949 | 144 | #139 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,347 | 138 | #136 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,084 | 129 | #145 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,738 | 114 | #143 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,247 | 144 | #147 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,658 | 103 | #149 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,545 | 128 | #139 |
| 1897 | — | — | 102 | #154 |
| 1896 | — | — | 107 | #155 |
| 1895 | — | — | 89 | #179 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,156 | 88 | #171 |
| 1893 | — | — | 80 | #182 |
| 1892 | — | — | 83 | #188 |
| 1891 | — | — | 62 | #201 |
| 1890 | — | — | 86 | #164 |
| 1889 | — | — | 67 | #195 |
| 1888 | — | — | 89 | #169 |
| 1887 | — | — | 61 | #196 |
| 1886 | — | — | 72 | #189 |
| 1885 | — | — | 70 | #187 |
| 1884 | — | — | 73 | #187 |
| 1883 | — | — | 53 | #206 |
| 1882 | — | — | 70 | #188 |
| 1881 | — | — | 72 | #168 |
| 1880 | — | — | 68 | #186 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).