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Curtis

Pronounced /ˈkɝtɪs/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1957 · #1490
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:249 in 2024 (#927)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Curtis in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1957 with 52 babies, ranked #1490.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1894.
  • 2,322 girls have been named Curtis since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Curtis per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 514 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 497 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 599 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 403 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 275 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈkɝtɪs/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Curtis, CC BY-SA 4.0.