Curtis

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Curtis: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Curtis: Recorded since 1990, it reached #44 in 1997, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
78times a registrar ranked it
36years from first to last
#44highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#78
1997	#85
1998	#101
1999	#109
2000	#112
2001	#132
2002	#144
2003	#167
2004	#194
2005	#204
2006	#201
2007	#214
2008	#236
2009	#257
2010	#287
2011	#328
2012	#359
2013	#402
2014	#434
2015	#445
2016	#401
2017	#517
2018	#675
2019	#568
2020	#755
2021	#790
2022	#901
2023	#942
2024	#1076

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 23 of the 36 years from 1990 to 2025.

In 2024: #432 among boys in Scotland, #1076 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1990–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1990
First recorded at #323 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1990 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2022
Highest recorded position: #44 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2022).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Curtis appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 5,968 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1990.

Curtis across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Curtis's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#323 (1990)	#162 (1997)	#829 (2025)	23 of 36	157 (1990–2025)	19 (1997)
England and Wales · Boys	#78 (1996)	#78 (1996)	#1076 (2024)	29 of 29	5,968 (1996–2024)	757 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#44 (1997)	#44 (1997)	#414 (2022)	25 of 26	625 (1997–2022)	80 (1997)

Curtis by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Curtis in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	2,373	4 of 10	593
2000sbusiest	2,420	10 of 10	242
2010s	999	10 of 10	100
2020s	176	5 of 10	35

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 242 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births fell by 172, from 675 to 503.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Curtis appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1990 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #44 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Curtis's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1076	27	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#942	32	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#901	34	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#790	41	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#755	42	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#568	66	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#675	51	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#517	76	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#401	107	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#445	91	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#434	93	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#402	101	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#359	120	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#328	135	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#287	159	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#257	173	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#236	189	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#214	212	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#201	217	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#204	185	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#194	199	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#167	237	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#144	293	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#132	321	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#112	394	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#109	438	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#101	503	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#85	675	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#78	757	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#283	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#279	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#202	11	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#219	9	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#181	13	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#165	15	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#106	30	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#110	28	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#155	16	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#106	26	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#97	29	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#97	27	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#81	33	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#71	40	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#83	33	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#66	45	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#55	62	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#46	75	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#44	80	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	8	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	10	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	19	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#176	17	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#255	6	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#432	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1990 and 2025, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #44, first reached in 1997.

It held a top-100 place in 10 years, 10 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 757 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 34 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Destiny · #44, 29y
Caelan · #43, 30y
Reggie · #43, 30y
Rhea · #45, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Destiny · #44, 29y
Mya · #44, 30y
Pippa · #44, 30y
Caelan · #43, 30y

Curtis was ranked #44 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Curtis and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Curtis without appearing here.

Curtis moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #529 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #429 and #701.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2009 they stood at #429 and #386 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #491 and #611.
Ashley Compare
In 2017 they stood at #713 and #713 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #635 and #749.
Kristian Compare
In 2017 they stood at #713 and #491 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #635 and #749.

Moved ahead of Curtis

Oisin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #755 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #790 and #433.
Ciaran Compare
In 2023 they stood at #942 and #1108 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1076 and #800.
Calum Compare
In 2020 they stood at #312 and #365 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #433 and #192.
Justin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #568 and #575 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #755 and #551.

Moved the opposite way to Curtis

Adam Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Curtis went from #323 to #829 while Adam went from #44 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Curtis went from #323 to #829 while Alexander went from #105 to #55.
Ben Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Curtis went from #323 to #829 while Ben went from #152 to #40.
Dylan Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Curtis went from #323 to #829 while Dylan went from #132 to #69.

Moved the same way as Curtis

Denis Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Curtis went from #323 to #829 and Denis from #68 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Curtis went from #323 to #829 and Edward from #54 to #125.
Frank Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Curtis went from #323 to #829 and Frank from #183 to #286.
Julian Compare
Between 1990 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Curtis went from #323 to #829 and Julian from #245 to #348.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1990 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #44 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Curtis

Curtis at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Curtis across 3 official records

Curtis by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Curtis appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Curtis and the names beside it

Curtis moved ahead of

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Curtis at a glance

Curtis across 3 official records

Curtis by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Curtis appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Curtis

Curtis and the names beside it

Curtis moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Curtis

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