NameTides

Curtis

Curtis was the #984 boys' name in the US in 2025 (232 babies), and #1,035 in England & Wales and #1,127 in Canada.

Curtis as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Curtis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaUSIrelandEngland & Wales
Curtis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#984 (232)#1,035 (29)#441 (7)—#829 (3)#1,127 (22)
2024#930 (249)#1,076 (27)#432 (7)——#802 (32)
2023#905 (257)#942 (32)#533 (5)——#947 (25)
2022#820 (302)#901 (34)—#414 (3)—#971 (24)
2021#780 (317)#790 (41)#533 (5)#433 (3)—#770 (34)
2020#702 (361)#755 (42)#350 (10)——#731 (34)
2019#669 (393)#568 (66)#334 (10)#312 (5)—#633 (41)
2018#615 (438)#675 (51)#344 (10)#283 (6)#635 (4)#551 (49)
2017#612 (431)#517 (76)#352 (10)#279 (6)—#608 (43)
2016#563 (508)#401 (107)#315 (12)#232 (8)#713 (3)#504 (57)
2015#527 (542)#445 (91)#588 (4)#211 (10)—#385 (80)
2014#530 (525)#434 (93)#358 (10)#202 (11)—#394 (75)
2013#474 (585)#402 (101)#335 (11)#219 (9)—#392 (74)
2012#442 (625)#359 (120)#337 (10)#181 (13)#548 (5)#340 (89)
2011#437 (624)#328 (135)#364 (9)#188 (12)#623 (4)#391 (73)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1962 at #73.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,400 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Curtis is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,600 to 1 in 8,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Curtis by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #638TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: #370MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #853GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,217TXFlorida: #958FL
Curtis (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2178

Curtis (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CurtisCanadaBoys#1,12722
CurtisEngland & WalesBoys#1,03529
CurtisIrelandBoys#8293
CurtisNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CurtisScotlandBoys#4417
CurtisUSGirls—too few
CurtisUSBoys#984232