first name
CURT
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,992 people named Curt, 90.1% reported their origin as White, 4.2% as Black and 2.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Curt peaked in 1960, when 720 babies got the name.
At least 16,680 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Curt by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #695. The largest share of babies named Curt, 43.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Curt is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Curt has been most common in Wisconsin (3.2×), Iowa (3.1×), and Minnesota (2.3×), and least common in North Carolina (0.12×).
12,649 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Curt ranks #60,717 of 156,621, with 358 people. See Curt as a last name
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