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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
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| 2014 | — | — | ||
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| 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 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Curley
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1902 at #490 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1900–1903
- 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%)
- 17.6% of all boys named Curley (457) were born in this decade
- 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 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 115,763 of them was named Curley, which outranked 45.9% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,822Yasuko11
- #2,822Zell11
- #2,822Zoa11
- #3,024Curley10
- #3,024Adalene10
- #3,024Adina10
- #3,024Adria10
- #3,244Adair9
- #3,244Adelena9
- #3,244Adena9
Tied with 219 names at #3,024; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 22,522 of them was named Curley, which outranked 79.3% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #986Oris46
- #986Rexford46
- #986Washington46
- #996Curley45
- #996Cliff45
- #996Colin45
- #996Dewayne45
- #1,012Audrey44
- #1,012Boris44
- #1,012Courtney44
Tied with 15 names at #996; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.