Curry

Last seen for girls in 2001 at #15,352 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 94.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1896 · 6 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,570
since 1896

Curry over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201896peak #6,048, 1976peak #982, 1896girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,9108
2024#9,8947
2023#8,2559
2022#7,76810
2021
2020#10,6056
2019#6,77712
2018
2017#5,78815
2016#6,34913
2015#12,0865
2014#7,04811
2013#9,6557
2012#12,2745
2011
2010#12,2315
2009#8,9858
2008
2007#10,9216
2006#12,0555
2005#11,4725
2004
2003#6,71510
2002#10,6675
2001#15,3525#5,66712
2000#6,31610
1999#3,98618
1998#5,15912
1997#5,28811
1996#6,4968
1995#3,69317
1994#2,95124
1993#3,04222
1992#8,7349#4,32713
1991#3,46217
1990#9,2478#3,16619
1989#3,09419
1988#2,68221
1987#3,95911
1986#2,89117
1985#8,3187#2,94216
1984#2,52919
1983#6,7059#3,07114
1982#10,5175#2,70917
1981#7,4098#3,22113
1980#2,72917
1979#7,3138#1,99126
1978#3,07013
1977#9,6525#1,78029
1976#6,0489#2,32919
1975#2,45017
1974#8,7755#2,05021
1973#6,6667#2,12419
1972#1,60329
1971#1,78425
1970#1,54630
1969#1,86120
1968#2,10915
1967#1,90617
1966#2,21613
1965#2,17814
1964#2,40912
1963#1,95717
1962#1,89618
1961#1,99717
1960#1,85819
1959#2,20014
1958#2,17714
1957#1,95217
1956#2,62810
1955#2,55810
1954#2,20713
1953#1,70920
1952#2,01015
1951#2,05514
1950#1,53823
1949#2,6069
1948#1,94315
1947#2,25112
1946#2,6908
1945#2,13111
1944#1,52520
1943#1,48622
1942#2,04213
1941#1,48521
1940#2,32210
1939#1,87914
1938#2,32610
1937#1,82815
1936#2,18411
1935#1,83715
1934#2,7428
1933#1,77016
1932#2,31311
1931#2,32811
1930#2,60910
1929#2,45211
1928#4,1515
1927#1,87118
1926#2,9049
1925#2,08915
1924#2,34713
1923#1,94117
1922#2,63011
1921#2,15215
1920#1,88518
1919#1,57622
1918#2,07315
1917#2,18813
1916#1,94915
1915#1,87815
1914#1,97511
1913#2,2737
1912#1,8858
1911
1910#1,5895
1909#1,4405
1908
1907#1,3455
1906
1905
1904
1903#1,1305
1902
1901
1900#1,3105
1899
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1897
1896#9826
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First appearance
1896

The first year at least five boys were named Curry! It came in at #982, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1897–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Curry
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 984 spots since 2024 (#9,894#8,910)
  • 1,695 spots since 2020 (#10,605#8,910)
  • 3,176 spots since 2015 (#12,086#8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1896 at #982 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1897, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1896
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,928
  • Highest: 1 in 19,928 boys born in 1896 were named Curry (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 14.5% of all boys named Curry (228) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#982 (1896)#982
1900s20#1,130 (1903)#1,306
1910s111#1,576 (1919)#1,932
1920s132#1,871 (1927)#2,442
1930s121#1,770 (1933)#2,182
1940s141#1,485 (1941)#2,048
1950s150#1,538 (1950)#2,103
1960s162#1,858 (1960)#2,039
1970s228#1,546 (1970)#2,073
1980s164#2,529 (1984)#2,983
1990s161#2,951 (1994)#4,157
2000s61#5,667 (2001)#9,100
2010s73#5,788 (2017)#9,026
2020s40#7,768 (2022)#9,086

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.

Curry in 1896

boys
#982
6 births · 1 in 19,928 boys

Top boys' names in 1896

  1. #1John8,138
  2. #2William7,747
  3. #3James5,206
  4. #4George4,286
  5. #5Charles3,639
  6. #6Joseph3,051
  7. #7Frank2,845
  8. #8Robert2,719
  9. #9Edward2,296
  10. #10Henry2,183
  11. #982Curry6
More about 1896

boys

119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 19,928 of them was named Curry, which outranked 22.4% of the 1,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Curry
  1. #900Wilfrid7
  2. #900Willy7
  3. #900Worth7
  4. #982Curry6
  5. #982Acy6
  6. #982Almer6
  7. #982Alpha6
  8. #1,101Acie5
  9. #1,101Add5
  10. #1,101Adolf5

Tied with 118 names at #982; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1895
Risers
  1. 533Hobert#795#262
  2. 528Cicero#1,079#551
  3. 528Earley#1,079#551
  4. 516Tomas#978#462
  5. 492Bryant#872#380
Fallers
  1. 572Talmage#529#1,101
  2. 545Bernie#556#1,101
  3. 545Mathias#556#1,101
  4. 522Orlando#579#1,101
  5. 522Rogers#579#1,101

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1896