Curt
Curt is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. Its best rank was 292nd, in 1960.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1960720 births
- Best rank
- #292in 1960
- Since 1880
- 16,679people given the name
The story in the numbers
16,679 boys have been named Curt in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 720 births.
The name has all but left use: 8 births in 2024, against 720 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1960s alone account for 36%. It has spent 61 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Curt | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 48 | |
| 1890s | 35 | |
| 1900s | 25 | |
| 1910s | 168 | |
| 1920s | 219 | |
| 1930s | 312 | |
| 1940s | 839 | |
| 1950s | 3,512 | |
| 1960s | 5,982 | |
| 1970s | 2,960 | |
| 1980s | 1,578 | |
| 1990s | 578 | |
| 2000s | 262 | |
| 2010s | 114 | |
| 2020s | 47 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Curt was the 292nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1960 were David, Michael, James, John and Robert. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Curt
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kirkpeak 1962
- Chrispeak 1961
- Bartpeak 1959
- Kurtpeak 1964
- Martypeak 1962
- Jefforypeak 1967
- Jefferypeak 1962
- Dirkpeak 1954
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.