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
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 11 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,581since 1881
Hurley over time
Rank among boys' names. Hurley has never cracked the top 600 here.
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 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,517 | 13 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,980 | 14 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | — | #5,111 | 18 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,789 | 15 | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #4,080 | 25 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | #4,064 | 24 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #3,530 | 30 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #3,046 | 37 |
| 2010 | — | #5,251 | 17 | |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #3,721 | 28 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #4,145 | 24 |
| 2007 | — | #4,243 | 23 | |
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,858 | 10 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,246 | 11 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,405 | 16 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,293 | 16 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,217 | 15 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,611 | 10 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,132 | 14 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,774 | 20 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,975 | 17 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,839 | 19 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,148 | 15 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,315 | 13 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,974 | 17 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,644 | 23 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,232 | 38 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,466 | 27 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,245 | 36 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,430 | 28 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,430 | 27 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,168 | 38 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,205 | 35 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,160 | 38 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,449 | 26 | |
| 1946 | — | #952 | 49 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,139 | 33 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,085 | 37 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,280 | 29 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,139 | 36 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,372 | 24 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,208 | 31 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,033 | 38 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,030 | 39 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,119 | 34 | |
| 1936 | — | #917 | 45 | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #980 | 42 |
| 1934 | — | #1,092 | 36 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,124 | 34 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #1,025 | 42 |
| 1931 | — | #1,102 | 38 | |
| 1930 | — | #990 | 47 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,111 | 39 | |
| 1928 | — | #992 | 48 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,322 | 31 | |
| 1926 | — | #916 | 54 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,073 | 42 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,223 | 35 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,041 | 46 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,259 | 33 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,101 | 41 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,180 | 37 | |
| 1919 | — | #908 | 54 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,094 | 39 | |
| 1917 | — | #997 | 43 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,265 | 28 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,217 | 29 | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #907 | 36 |
| 1913 | — | #1,023 | 24 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,353 | 13 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #723 | 11 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #663 | 11 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #674 | 11 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #748 | 9 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1898 at #663 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1895–1899
- 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
- 15.7% of all boys named Hurley (406) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 36 | #691 (1882) | #853 |
| 1890s | 74 | #663 (1898) | #792 |
| 1900s | 76 | #723 (1904) | #943 |
| 1910s | 287 | #907 (1914) | #1,085 |
| 1920s | 406 | #916 (1926) | #1,122 |
| 1930s | 395 | #917 (1936) | #1,041 |
| 1940s | 338 | #952 (1946) | #1,199 |
| 1950s | 276 | #1,168 (1950) | #1,515 |
| 1960s | 148 | #1,774 (1965) | #2,169 |
| 1970s | 93 | #2,293 (1970) | #3,549 |
| 1980s | 69 | #3,858 (1981) | #5,029 |
| 1990s | 25 | #6,128 (1992) | #7,591 |
| 2000s | 93 | #3,721 (2009) | #7,205 |
| 2010s | 204 | #3,046 (2011) | #5,289 |
| 2020s | 61 | #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
Top girls' names in 1914
Top boys' names in 1914
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).
- #2,876Zillie7
- #2,876Zofia7
- #2,876Zollie7
- #3,188Hurley6
- #3,188Adamae6
- #3,188Addis6
- #3,188Adlena6
- #3,618Aaron5
- #3,618Abelina5
- #3,618Adelee5
Tied with 429 names at #3,188; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
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).