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Curtis
Pronounced /ˈkɝtɪs/
Rank in 2024
#927
Born in 2024
249
Peak year
1962 · #73
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 249 boys were named Curtis, about 1 in every 6,889.
- It peaked in 1962 with 5,570 babies, ranked #73.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 260,314 boys 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.
- 1.4Greatest1901–27
- 1.7Silent1928–45
- 2.3Boomers1946–64
- 1.9Gen X1965–80
- 1.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.5Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 22,722 babies, 1.36 per 1,000. Silent: 35,942 babies, 1.74 per 1,000. Boomers: 85,080 babies, 2.27 per 1,000. Gen X: 52,568 babies, 1.93 per 1,000. Millennials: 41,606 babies, 1.37 per 1,000. Gen Z: 15,723 babies, 0.50 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,906 babies, 0.23 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.