Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Curtis

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Curtis
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.5% from peak

Peak era

1962

Peak rank proxy

5,570

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19622024

Peak year

1962

Decline from peak

95.5%

2024

249

All-time

260,314

Curtis once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1962, when 5,570 boys were named Curtis.

In 2024, only 249 boys were given the name.

Down 95.5% from its peak.

All told, about 260,314 Americans have been named Curtis and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.5% from peak

In 1962:5,570 boys named Curtis

In 2024:249 boys named Curtis

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