Curtiss
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Peak · boys
- 1943 · 91 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,074since 1896
Curtiss over time
Rank among boys' names. Curtiss has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2009 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #3,738 | 18 |
| 1996 | #3,293 | 21 |
| 1995 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | #2,050 | 39 |
| 1992 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #2,227 | 32 |
| 1990 | #2,214 | 32 |
| 1989 | #1,678 | 46 |
| 1988 | #1,731 | 40 |
| 1987 | #1,760 | 37 |
| 1986 | #1,873 | 32 |
| 1985 | #1,672 | 37 |
| 1984 | #1,690 | 34 |
| 1983 | #1,822 | 30 |
| 1982 | #1,320 | 50 |
| 1981 | #1,661 | 35 |
| 1980 | #1,569 | 38 |
| 1979 | #1,390 | 45 |
| 1978 | #1,452 | 41 |
| 1977 | #1,476 | 39 |
| 1976 | #1,572 | 34 |
| 1975 | #1,345 | 42 |
| 1974 | #1,471 | 35 |
| 1973 | #1,201 | 47 |
| 1972 | #1,196 | 47 |
| 1971 | #1,047 | 60 |
| 1970 | #931 | 73 |
| 1969 | #861 | 79 |
| 1968 | #946 | 59 |
| 1967 | #925 | 61 |
| 1966 | #950 | 58 |
| 1965 | #1,031 | 51 |
| 1964 | #867 | 77 |
| 1963 | #736 | 111 |
| 1962 | #769 | 99 |
| 1961 | #740 | 108 |
| 1960 | #808 | 89 |
| 1959 | #681 | 126 |
| 1958 | #771 | 93 |
| 1957 | #734 | 104 |
| 1956 | #727 | 102 |
| 1955 | #700 | 109 |
| 1954 | #800 | 81 |
| 1953 | #722 | 98 |
| 1952 | #808 | 75 |
| 1951 | #740 | 88 |
| 1950 | #806 | 71 |
| 1949 | #742 | 86 |
| 1948 | #722 | 86 |
| 1947 | #805 | 73 |
| 1946 | #738 | 79 |
| 1945 | #718 | 72 |
| 1944 | #730 | 72 |
| 1943 | #673 | 91 |
| 1942 | #705 | 82 |
| 1941 | #702 | 77 |
| 1940 | #782 | 63 |
| 1939 | #784 | 60 |
| 1938 | #784 | 61 |
| 1937 | #781 | 62 |
| 1936 | #832 | 53 |
| 1935 | #702 | 74 |
| 1934 | #860 | 53 |
| 1933 | #869 | 51 |
| 1932 | #802 | 63 |
| 1931 | #825 | 58 |
| 1930 | #944 | 51 |
| 1929 | #752 | 71 |
| 1928 | #950 | 51 |
| 1927 | #924 | 55 |
| 1926 | #1,108 | 41 |
| 1925 | #1,040 | 44 |
| 1924 | #1,133 | 40 |
| 1923 | #961 | 51 |
| 1922 | #1,058 | 44 |
| 1921 | #1,199 | 36 |
| 1920 | #1,089 | 42 |
| 1919 | #1,139 | 37 |
| 1918 | #1,172 | 35 |
| 1917 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1916 | #1,043 | 38 |
| 1915 | #1,265 | 27 |
| 1914 | #1,300 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,205 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #893 | 11 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
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| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | — | |
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| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Curtiss! It came in at #982, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Curtiss is popular in 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Michigan#425 · 1 in 10,966
- Alabama#426 · 1 in 5,965
- New York#520 · 1 in 17,545
Best ever in a state: #180 in Montana, 1951.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #425 | 6 | 1 in 10,966 |
| Alabama | #426 | 6 | 1 in 5,965 |
| New York | #520 | 8 | 1 in 17,545 |
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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 Curtiss
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 198 spots in 1929 (#950 → #752)
- Biggest drop: 300 spots in 1910 (#893 → #1,193)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1943 at #673 (91 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 31 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1927–1964
- Highest: 1 in 14,072 boys born in 1935 were named Curtiss (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #673 in 1943, was only 1 in 15,685 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.7% of all boys named Curtiss (947) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #982 (1896) | #982 |
| 1900s | 16 | #893 (1909) | #1,119 |
| 1910s | 236 | #1,043 (1916) | #1,250 |
| 1920s | 475 | #752 (1929) | #1,021 |
| 1930s | 586 | #702 (1935) | #818 |
| 1940s | 781 | #673 (1943) | #732 |
| 1950s | 947 | #681 (1959) | #749 |
| 1960s | 792 | #736 (1963) | #863 |
| 1970s | 463 | #931 (1970) | #1,308 |
| 1980s | 379 | #1,320 (1982) | #1,678 |
| 1990s | 232 | #2,050 (1993) | #3,266 |
| 2000s | 94 | #5,297 (2000) | #7,088 |
| 2010s | 57 | #6,036 (2010) | #9,348 |
| 2020s | 10 | #12,022 (2020) | #12,186 |
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.
Curtiss in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
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1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 20,557 of them was named Curtiss, which outranked 81.6% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).