Hurley

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,312
Given to boys 97.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1898 · 11 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,581
since 1881

Hurley over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hurley has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #663, 1898boys
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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
2024#8,3129
2023#6,51713
2022#8,3009
2021#5,56216
2020#5,98014
2019#10,8036
2018#15,6825#6,34513
2017#5,11118
2016#5,78915
2015#14,4826#4,08025
2014#14,5586#4,86619
2013#10,23510#4,06424
2012#16,8695#3,53030
2011#12,1538#3,04637
2010#5,25117
2009#10,67910#3,72128
2008#17,5045#4,14524
2007#4,24323
2006#12,0555
2005#9,1157
2004#9,9486
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997#9,2655
1996
1995#7,7926
1994
1993
1992#6,1288
1991
1990#7,1786
1989#5,6158
1988#5,2008
1987#4,9688
1986#4,4579
1985
1984#5,5616
1983#5,4846
1982#5,6196
1981#3,85810
1980#4,4958
1979
1978#4,5547
1977#5,8455
1976#3,7249
1975#3,24611
1974#3,5589
1973#2,40516
1972#3,3449
1971#2,97311
1970#2,29316
1969#2,21715
1968#2,31113
1967#2,61110
1966#2,13214
1965#1,77420
1964#1,97517
1963#1,83919
1962#2,36412
1961#2,14815
1960#2,31513
1959#1,97417
1958#1,64423
1957#1,51127
1956#1,23238
1955#2,04815
1954#1,46627
1953#1,24536
1952#1,43028
1951#1,43027
1950#1,16838
1949#1,20535
1948#1,16038
1947#1,44926
1946#95249
1945#1,13933
1944#1,08537
1943#1,28029
1942#1,13936
1941#1,37224
1940#1,20831
1939#1,03338
1938#1,03039
1937#1,11934
1936#91745
1935#3,7426#98042
1934#1,09236
1933#1,12434
1932#3,9016#1,02542
1931#1,10238
1930#99047
1929#1,11139
1928#99248
1927#1,32231
1926#91654
1925#1,07342
1924#1,22335
1923#1,04146
1922#1,25933
1921#1,10141
1920#1,18037
1919#90854
1918#1,09439
1917#99743
1916#1,26528
1915#1,21729
1914#3,1886#90736
1913#1,02324
1912#1,35313
1911#1,03811
1910#2,3985#1,04510
1909#95110
1908#9469
1907#1,3455
1906#79810
1905#9198
1904#72311
1903#8468
1902#7949
1901
1900#1,1626
1899#8577
1898#66311
1897#7259
1896#67411
1895#7958
1894
1893#1,0355
1892#7489
1891#9635
1890#6679
1889
1888#9176
1887#9215
1886#9595
1885
1884#8486
1883
1882#6918
1881#7816
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Hurley! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Hurley
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 399 spots in 1908 (#1,345#946)
  • Biggest drop: 547 spots in 1907 (#798#1,345)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1898 at #663 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1895–1899
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,870
  • Highest: 1 in 10,870 boys born in 1896 were named Hurley (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 191,432 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #663 in 1898, was only 1 in 11,153 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 15.7% of all boys named Hurley (406) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s36#691 (1882)#853
1890s74#663 (1898)#792
1900s76#723 (1904)#943
1910s287#907 (1914)#1,085
1920s406#916 (1926)#1,122
1930s395#917 (1936)#1,041
1940s338#952 (1946)#1,199
1950s276#1,168 (1950)#1,515
1960s148#1,774 (1965)#2,169
1970s93#2,293 (1970)#3,549
1980s69#3,858 (1981)#5,029
1990s25#6,128 (1992)#7,591
2000s93#3,721 (2009)#7,205
2010s204#3,046 (2011)#5,289
2020s61#5,562 (2021)#6,934

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.

Hurley in 1914

girls
#3,188
6 births · 1 in 126,930 girls
boys
#907
36 births · 1 in 18,188 boys

Top girls' names in 1914

  1. #1Mary45,346
  2. #2Helen23,221
  3. #3Dorothy18,782
  4. #4Margaret17,763
  5. #5Ruth15,839
  6. #6Anna11,865
  7. #7Mildred11,649
  8. #8Elizabeth11,367
  9. #9Frances9,677
  10. #10Marie8,829
  11. #3,188Hurley6

Top boys' names in 1914

  1. #1John37,947
  2. #2William29,753
  3. #3James26,262
  4. #4Robert21,188
  5. #5Joseph18,829
  6. #6George17,602
  7. #7Charles16,937
  8. #8Edward12,319
  9. #9Frank12,002
  10. #10Walter8,962
  11. #907Hurley36
More about 1914

girls

761,581 girls got a published name in 1914; 1 in 126,930 of them was named Hurley, which outranked 24.2% of the 4,206 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hurley
  1. #2,876Zillie7
  2. #2,876Zofia7
  3. #2,876Zollie7
  4. #3,188Hurley6
  5. #3,188Adamae6
  6. #3,188Addis6
  7. #3,188Adlena6
  8. #3,618Aaron5
  9. #3,618Abelina5
  10. #3,618Adelee5

Tied with 429 names at #3,188; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 589Rilla#1,358#769
  2. 587Venita#1,465#878
  3. 509Orene#1,465#956
  4. 486Vonnie#1,405#919
  5. 463Kathlyn#1,020#557
Fallers
  1. 837Christena#981#1,818
  2. 642Tiny#961#1,603
  3. 504Dominga#881#1,385
  4. 504Florrie#881#1,385
  5. 419Veola#925#1,344

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

boys

654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 18,188 of them was named Hurley, which outranked 75.9% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hurley
  1. #898Hayes37
  2. #898Mildred37
  3. #898Wayland37
  4. #907Hurley36
  5. #907Arno36
  6. #907Bobby36
  7. #907Caleb36
  8. #933Ardell35
  9. #933Arturo35
  10. #933Barnett35

Tied with 25 names at #907; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. 817Gilmore#1,803#986
  2. 647Santos#1,580#933
  3. 546Lorenza#1,365#819
  4. 534Bobby#1,441#907
  5. 534Gino#1,441#907
Fallers
  1. 918Bernardo#950#1,868
  2. 692Eston#995#1,687
  3. 692Rolf#995#1,687
  4. 613Orson#995#1,608
  5. 458West#930#1,388

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

See the top 100 for 1914