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Curtis

Boys' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~179,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#984 among boys
Births in 2025
232 262,876 since 1880
Typical age
55 years, median

Curtis popularity over time

Curtis rank by birth year, 1880–2025Curtis ranked #186 in 1880 and #984 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #72, in 1963.#100#1,000#984best #72 in 196318901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Curtis was used most in 1962, when 5,602 babies were given the name. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. It has held a top-100 place in 46 separate years.

The 2025 position is #984, on 232 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 57%. It slipped 54 places against the previous year.

Babies named Curtis per yearPeaks at 5,602 births in 1962.5,602 in 1962018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Curtis?

Roughly 179,900 Curtiss are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 262,876 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Curtis?

The typical living Curtis is 55 years old. The 1960s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Curtis a late 20th-century name.

Your Curtis

Ages of living people named CurtisHalf of living Curtiss are older than 55 and half younger.median 55020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Curtis is most common

Relative to births, Mississippi carries 2.1× the national share of Curtiss. Alabama, Louisiana and Oklahoma follow.

Where Curtis is used more than average5 states use the name Curtis more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: 1.7× the national rateMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: 1.9× the national rateOKLouisiana: 1.9× the national rateLAMississippi: 2.1× the national rateMSAlabama: 2.0× the national rateALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Curtis is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Mississippi 48 2.1×
Alabama 84 2.0×
Louisiana 79 1.9×
Oklahoma 63 1.9×
Missouri 92 1.7×

Curtis in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Curtis ranked #1,035 in 2025 on 29 births. That is 31% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Curtis comes from

From Old French corteis and curteis (Modern French courtois (“polite, courteous”). Doublet of courteous.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Curtis

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Curtis Hanson American filmmaker 1945–2016 36
Curtis Davies English association football player 1985 35
Curtis LeMay American general and politician 1906–1990 35
Curtis T. McMullen American mathematician and Fields medallist 1958 34
Curtis Yarvin American far-right political theorist and computer scientist 1973 26
Curtis Armstrong American actor, voice actor, and singer 1953 25
Curtis Good Australian association football player 1993 21
Curtis Fuller American jazz musician 1934–2021 20
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 331 in 1911 to 581 in 1912 — 1.8 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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