Curt

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312

Peak · boys
1960 · 720 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16,680
since 1880

Curt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Curt has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #292, 1960boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024#8,3129
2023#8,2559
2022#8,9908
2021#7,58710
2020#6,62012
2019#10,8036
2018#6,70312
2017#7,09511
2016#8,1469
2015#8,7448
2014#4,86619
2013#5,65915
2012#6,62612
2011#5,94514
2010#8,8038
2009#4,58221
2008#6,07014
2007#4,80819
2006#4,37021
2005#3,44728
2004#3,28529
2003#2,78035
2002#3,09529
2001#2,86432
2000#2,67434
1999#2,39837
1998#2,15742
1997#2,16440
1996#1,98644
1995#1,52762
1994#1,77349
1993#1,53959
1992#1,42964
1991#1,26478
1990#1,042103
1989#1,10292
1988#850125
1987#787137
1986#726155
1985#707156
1984#679162
1983#714145
1982#642180
1981#603200
1980#575226
1979#537249
1978#553227
1977#566218
1976#554211
1975#528232
1974#482272
1973#430327
1972#403380
1971#414378
1970#374466
1969#352509
1968#329537
1967#334506
1966#338499
1965#317579
1964#305666
1963#316632
1962#298675
1961#303658
1960#292720
1959#301658
1958#309600
1957#366441
1956#401357
1955#430291
1954#407309
1953#449255
1952#436259
1951#485194
1950#553149
1949#637115
1948#587129
1947#602127
1946#66395
1945#67679
1944#73571
1943#82863
1942#79565
1941#83957
1940#1,05038
1939#94244
1938#1,04338
1937#1,07436
1936#1,18231
1935#1,16532
1934#1,05938
1933#1,36124
1932#1,71618
1931#1,53821
1930#1,29930
1929#1,73119
1928#1,52224
1927#1,79619
1926#1,78719
1925#1,49325
1924#1,49226
1923#2,02016
1922#1,50325
1921#1,58823
1920#1,59223
1919#1,35128
1918#1,99816
1917#1,58721
1916#1,50522
1915#1,34225
1914#1,49217
1913#1,58012
1912#1,35313
1911#1,5376
1910#1,1938
1909#1,0209
1908—
1907—
1906—
1905#8369
1904—
1903#9107
1902—
1901—
1900—
1899—
1898#8857
1897#1,0575
1896#1,1015
1895—
1894—
1893#9076
1892—
1891#7667
1890#9945
1889—
1888—
1887#8196
1886#9595
1885#8366
1884#7647
1883#7996
1882—
1881#50312
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Curt was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Curt is popular in 1942

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedMNIllinois: #469 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 12,318 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedWIMichigan: #451 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,581 boysMINew York: #629 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 23,579 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedIAIndiana: #354 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,850 boysINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Curt, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Indiana#354 · 1 in 6,850
  2. Michigan#451 · 1 in 11,581
  3. Illinois#469 · 1 in 12,318
  4. New York#629 · 1 in 23,579

Best ever in a state: #95 in Wyoming, 1968.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Indiana#35451 in 6,850
Michigan#45151 in 11,581
Illinois#46961 in 12,318
New York#62951 in 23,579
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Curt
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 306 spots in 1881 (#809 → #503)
  • Biggest drop: 252 spots in 1989 (#850 → #1,102)
Rise & fade · boys
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1960 at #292 (720 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 62 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1941–1988
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,962
  • Highest: 1 in 2,962 boys born in 1960 were named Curt (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 191,432 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 35.9% of all boys named Curt (5,981) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s48#503 (1881)#784
1890s35#766 (1891)#952
1900s25#836 (1905)#922
1910s168#1,193 (1910)#1,494
1920s219#1,492 (1924)#1,652
1930s312#942 (1939)#1,238
1940s839#587 (1948)#741
1950s3,513#301 (1959)#414
1960s5,981#292 (1960)#318
1970s2,960#374 (1970)#484
1980s1,578#575 (1980)#739
1990s578#1,042 (1990)#1,728
2000s262#2,674 (2000)#3,798
2010s114#4,866 (2014)#7,339
2020s48#6,620 (2020)#7,953

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Curt in 1942

boys
#795
65 births · 1 in 21,249 boys

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #795Curt65
More about 1942

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 21,249 of them was named Curt, which outranked 80.3% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Curt
  1. #791Ottis66
  2. #791Rickey66
  3. #791Wardell66
  4. #795Curt65
  5. #795Clint65
  6. #795Denton65
  7. #795Donovan65
  8. #806Alvie64
  9. #806Bryce64
  10. #806Lawson64

Tied with 10 names at #795; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,993Macarthur#3,505 → #512
  2. ↑ 1,546Mcarthur#1,903 → #357
  3. ↑ 655Collin#1,588 → #933
  4. ↑ 514Delmas#1,254 → #740
  5. ↑ 390Colin#713 → #323
Fallers
  1. ↓ 525Otho#971 → #1,496
  2. ↓ 440Florian#918 → #1,358
  3. ↓ 421Martha#960 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 407Watson#951 → #1,358
  5. ↓ 371Gaylen#987 → #1,358

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1942 →