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 | — | — | ||
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| 2008 | — | — | ||
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| 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 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
girls
1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 161,161 of them was named Curley, which outranked 46.9% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,061Winda12
- #3,061Yolande12
- #3,061Zada12
- #3,240Curley11
- #3,240Adair11
- #3,240Adel11
- #3,240Adelfa11
- #3,448Adline10
- #3,448Agustina10
- #3,448Almedia10
Tied with 207 names at #3,240; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 38,117 of them was named Curley, which outranked 75.7% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,029Lucian49
- #1,029Miller49
- #1,029Trevor49
- #1,036Curley48
- #1,036Arlyn48
- #1,036Arne48
- #1,036Carlyle48
- #1,053Allison47
- #1,053Derrell47
- #1,053Duke47
Tied with 16 names at #1,036; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.