# Curt (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/curt/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,680 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16,680 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 23, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 8,959 |
| 2011 | 14 | 6,004 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,701 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,716 |
| 2014 | 19 | 4,916 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8,917 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,275 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,194 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6,778 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,059 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,713 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7,722 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,167 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,390 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,462 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | 2,074 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,189 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |

## People named Curt

- Curt O. Schaller, German cinematographer, Steadicam operator, photographer, inventor and designer
- Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (1958–2003)
- Curt Sachs, German musicologist (1881–1959)
- Curt Goetz, German actor and writer (1888-1960)
- Curt Haase, German general (1881–1943)
- Curt Lowens, German actor (1925-2017)
- Curt Siodmak, German-American writer
- Curt Smith, English musician and current member of Tears for Fears
- Curt von Bardeleben, German chess player (1861–1924)
- Curt Schilling, American baseball player
- Curt Backeberg, German botanist (1894-1966)
- Curt Harnett, Canadian cyclist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.