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Baby name
Curtis
Boy
Origin of the name
Curtis comes from the Old French curteis, “courteous.” It was first an English surname.
Classic name
260,554births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 73rank at its peak, in 1962
Where babies named Curtis are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Curtis is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Curtis is most common in Mississippi (2.7 times), North Dakota (2.4) and Alabama (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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