Curley
Last seen for girls in 1964 at #6,009 · Last seen for boys in 2003 at #10,894
Given to boys 82.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1902 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,590since 1881
Curley over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,786 | 9 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,499 | 8 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,536 | 19 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,168 | 13 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,070 | 13 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,910 | 14 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,417 | 18 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,288 | 19 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,080 | 19 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,203 | 18 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,399 | 15 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,217 | 15 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,836 | 19 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,906 | 17 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,345 | 32 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,595 | 24 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #1,655 | 23 |
| 1963 | — | #1,695 | 22 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,387 | 32 | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #1,635 | 24 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #1,400 | 32 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #1,228 | 40 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | #1,724 | 21 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #1,457 | 29 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #1,218 | 39 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #1,047 | 52 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #1,213 | 38 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | #1,091 | 45 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #1,027 | 49 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | #1,242 | 35 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | #926 | 55 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 | #1,110 | 40 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | #1,091 | 42 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | #1,036 | 48 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | #1,094 | 40 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | #966 | 44 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | #754 | 68 |
| 1943 | — | #856 | 60 | |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #1,054 | 41 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #1,066 | 37 |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 | #1,067 | 37 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 | #1,015 | 39 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | #1,076 | 36 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #1,119 | 34 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #873 | 49 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | #1,020 | 39 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #1,077 | 37 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #1,251 | 28 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #1,025 | 42 |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #1,145 | 35 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #1,235 | 33 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | #1,312 | 29 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #1,125 | 39 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | #1,561 | 24 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | #1,515 | 24 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | #1,164 | 37 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | #1,169 | 38 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #954 | 52 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #1,259 | 33 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #1,199 | 36 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1919 | #1,855 | 20 | #1,188 | 35 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #996 | 45 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 | #1,132 | 35 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #1,072 | 36 |
| 1915 | — | #996 | 40 | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #1,073 | 28 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #1,112 | 21 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #1,023 | 20 |
| 1911 | — | #624 | 24 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | #699 | 14 | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #798 | 10 |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #490 | 19 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #680 | 14 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #674 | 11 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #884 | 6 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Curley! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
- Biggest jump: 461 spots in 1909 (#1,217 → #756)
- Biggest drop: 518 spots in 1908 (#699 → #1,217)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1902 at #490 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1900–1903
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,456
- Highest: 1 in 6,456 boys born in 1902 were named Curley (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 395,070 boys born in 2003 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
- 17.6% of all boys named Curley (457) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1909
- Mostly girls until 1908, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 19 | #764 (1884) | #808 |
| 1890s | 47 | #674 (1896) | #828 |
| 1900s | 108 | #490 (1902) | #761 |
| 1910s | 295 | #624 (1911) | #1,020 |
| 1920s | 345 | #954 (1923) | #1,251 |
| 1930s | 372 | #873 (1936) | #1,084 |
| 1940s | 457 | #754 (1944) | #1,009 |
| 1950s | 403 | #926 (1950) | #1,217 |
| 1960s | 240 | #1,345 (1966) | #1,667 |
| 1970s | 157 | #2,080 (1972) | #2,607 |
| 1980s | 102 | #2,536 (1980) | #4,330 |
| 1990s | 35 | #5,823 (1990) | #7,965 |
| 2000s | 10 | #10,349 (2000) | #10,622 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Curley in 1915
boys
#996
40 births · 1 in 21,214 boys
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 21,214 of them was named Curley, which outranked 77.3% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).