Gurney
Last seen for boys in 1969 at #4,404
- Peak · boys
- 1894 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 790since 1890
Gurney over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Gurney has never cracked the top 800 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #1,900 | 17 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #1,616 | 21 |
| 1948 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #1,884 | 15 |
| 1945 | #1,852 | 14 |
| 1944 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #1,783 | 16 |
| 1933 | #1,905 | 14 |
| 1932 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1931 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #1,448 | 26 |
| 1927 | #1,692 | 21 |
| 1926 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #2,630 | 11 |
| 1921 | #1,980 | 17 |
| 1920 | #1,885 | 18 |
| 1919 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #1,710 | 20 |
| 1917 | #1,643 | 20 |
| 1916 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #1,660 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,311 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | — | |
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| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1890
The first year at least five boys were named Gurney! It came in at #994, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1969
- Biggest jump: 97 spots in 1896 (#1,079 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1895 (#857 → #1,079)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1894 at #857 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · 1890–1902
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,538
- Highest: 1 in 16,538 boys born in 1894 were named Gurney (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,635 boys born in 1969 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 22.0% of all boys named Gurney (174) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 29 | #857 (1894) | #968 |
| 1900s | 22 | #933 (1902) | #1,215 |
| 1910s | 132 | #1,311 (1913) | #1,734 |
| 1920s | 174 | #1,448 (1928) | #1,996 |
| 1930s | 142 | #1,509 (1932) | #1,987 |
| 1940s | 142 | #1,532 (1941) | #2,013 |
| 1950s | 106 | #1,900 (1953) | #2,423 |
| 1960s | 43 | #2,780 (1965) | #3,706 |
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.
Gurney in 1896
boys
#982
6 births · 1 in 19,928 boys
Top boys' names in 1896
More about 1896
boys
119,565 boys got a published name in 1896; 1 in 19,928 of them was named Gurney, 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).