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How popular is “Curtis” in the USA?

Number of people named “Curtis” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Curtis” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Curtis” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Curtis” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Curtis” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Curtis” by birth year

This chart shows how “Curtis” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 68 0.000337496 68 -100%
1881 72 0.000373661 72 -100%
1882 70 0.00031598 70 -100%
1883 53 0.0002443 53 -100%
1884 73 0.000299843 73 -100%
1885 70 0.000290633 70 -100%
1886 72 0.000282003 72 -100%
1887 61 0.000246572 61 -100%
1888 89 0.000297188 89 -100%
1889 67 0.000231877 67 -100%
1890 86 0.000285334 86 -100%
1891 62 0.000216274 62 -100%
1892 83 0.000248225 83 -100%
1893 80 0.000245985 80 -100%
1894 96 0.000283445 8 88 -83%
1895 89 0.000253547 89 -100%
1896 107 0.000299314 107 -100%
1897 102 0.000293985 102 -100%
1898 134 0.000351287 6 128 -91%
1899 108 0.000318364 5 103 -91%
1900 154 0.000342026 10 144 -87%
1901 119 0.000344118 5 114 -92%
1902 140 0.000362007 11 129 -84%
1903 146 0.000383001 8 138 -89%
1904 149 0.000369283 5 144 -93%
1905 188 0.000443478 6 182 -94%
1906 182 0.000424786 5 177 -95%
1907 220 0.000472722 12 208 -89%
1908 213 0.000435896 10 203 -91%
1909 254 0.000496847 10 244 -92%
1910 288 0.000487548 11 277 -92%
1911 331 0.000513753 10 321 -94%
1912 581 0.00058802 15 566 -95%
1913 693 0.00060944 17 676 -95%
1914 931 0.000657326 16 915 -97%
1915 1081 0.000589928 23 1058 -96%
1916 1196 0.000618274 22 1174 -96%
1917 1262 0.000628878 19 1243 -97%
1918 1374 0.000632856 39 1335 -94%
1919 1377 0.000652531 31 1346 -95%
1920 1474 0.000651451 31 1443 -96%
1921 1515 0.00064896 36 1479 -95%
1922 1571 0.000686279 24 1547 -97%
1923 1571 0.000682307 33 1538 -96%
1924 1567 0.000657958 38 1529 -95%
1925 1541 0.000660437 21 1520 -97%
1926 1653 0.000719978 27 1626 -97%
1927 1619 0.000698038 29 1590 -96%
1928 1958 0.000866012 38 1920 -96%
1929 1980 0.000903218 34 1946 -97%
1930 1758 0.000790721 37 1721 -96%
1931 1651 0.000784551 16 1635 -98%
1932 1807 0.000855874 32 1775 -96%
1933 1711 0.000855737 32 1679 -96%
1934 1869 0.000899935 25 1844 -97%
1935 1779 0.000851237 26 1753 -97%
1936 1824 0.000877945 27 1797 -97%
1937 1815 0.000851845 25 1790 -97%
1938 2019 0.000912512 17 2002 -98%
1939 2028 0.000920378 16 2012 -98%
1940 2134 0.000926744 31 2103 -97%
1941 2182 0.000895574 18 2164 -98%
1942 2447 0.00089574 28 2419 -98%
1943 2556 0.000905561 31 2525 -98%
1944 2500 0.000929341 35 2465 -97%
1945 2421 0.000912583 29 2392 -98%
1946 2744 0.000858759 20 2724 -99%
1947 3064 0.000850562 27 3037 -98%
1948 3113 0.000901661 22 3091 -99%
1949 3120 0.000895323 32 3088 -98%
1950 3230 0.000921973 21 3209 -99%
1951 3746 0.001016902 30 3716 -98%
1952 4195 0.001104527 20 4175 -99%
1953 4379 0.001136327 26 4353 -99%
1954 4630 0.00116311 34 4596 -99%
1955 5016 0.00124929 37 4979 -99%
1956 5190 0.001258781 33 5157 -99%
1957 5394 0.001283631 52 5342 -98%
1958 5303 0.001282807 43 5260 -98%
1959 5565 0.001338386 31 5534 -99%
1960 5405 0.001301214 42 5363 -98%
1961 5484 0.001323902 39 5445 -99%
1962 5603 0.001388472 33 5570 -99%
1963 5406 0.001365772 30 5376 -99%
1964 5092 0.001309804 27 5065 -99%
1965 4726 0.001303563 39 4687 -98%
1966 4261 0.001225956 19 4242 -99%
1967 3991 0.001175588 25 3966 -99%
1968 3883 0.001149356 28 3855 -99%
1969 3703 0.001065512 29 3674 -98%
1970 3644 0.001010394 29 3615 -98%
1971 3450 0.001005141 24 3426 -99%
1972 3111 0.000989821 31 3080 -98%
1973 2709 0.000897945 18 2691 -99%
1974 2605 0.000856908 15 2590 -99%
1975 2342 0.000775652 15 2327 -99%
1976 2472 0.000814685 21 2451 -98%
1977 2637 0.000830161 31 2606 -98%
1978 2852 0.000898588 27 2825 -98%
1979 3227 0.000969943 26 3201 -98%
1980 3358 0.000974886 26 3332 -98%
1981 3226 0.000932538 28 3198 -98%
1982 2967 0.00084579 27 2940 -98%
1983 2873 0.000829546 26 2847 -98%
1984 2977 0.000853313 20 2957 -99%
1985 2970 0.00083214 27 2943 -98%
1986 2935 0.000825115 26 2909 -98%
1987 2940 0.000815395 31 2909 -98%
1988 2932 0.000793496 25 2907 -98%
1989 2984 0.000776184 20 2964 -99%
1990 2818 0.00071297 17 2801 -99%
1991 2600 0.000667477 10 2590 -99%
1992 2321 0.000604227 2321 -100%
1993 2104 0.000558049 7 2097 -99%
1994 1874 0.000504081 5 1869 -99%
1995 1715 0.000468304 6 1709 -99%
1996 1645 0.000451032 1645 -100%
1997 1496 0.000412604 1496 -100%
1998 1408 0.000382795 1408 -100%
1999 1270 0.000343813 1270 -100%
2000 1245 0.000329373 5 1240 -99%
2001 1124 0.000300263 1124 -100%
2002 1024 0.000273922 1024 -100%
2003 907 0.000238539 907 -100%
2004 950 0.000248631 950 -100%
2005 960 0.000249685 960 -100%
2006 915 0.000231283 915 -100%
2007 953 0.000238388 953 -100%
2008 809 0.000205818 809 -100%
2009 767 0.000200776 767 -100%
2010 652 0.000176419 652 -100%
2011 623 0.000170321 623 -100%
2012 625 0.000170888 625 -100%
2013 585 0.000160464 585 -100%
2014 525 0.000141648 525 -100%
2015 541 0.00014618 541 -100%
2016 508 0.000138469 508 -100%
2017 431 0.000120519 431 -100%
2018 438 0.000124577 438 -100%
2019 393 0.000113226 393 -100%
2020 361 0.000108065 361 -100%
2021 317 0.000093567 317 -100%
2022 301 0.000088971 301 -100%
2023 257 0.000077615 257 -100%
2024 249 0.000074808 249 -100%

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