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.
Where Hurley is popular in 1928
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#324 · 1 in 3,436
- Virginia#354 · 1 in 3,768
Best ever in a state: #251 in Virginia, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #324 | 10 | 1 in 3,436 |
| Virginia | #354 | 6 | 1 in 3,768 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 23,075 of them was named Hurley, which outranked 79.0% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #980Lynwood49
- #980Madison49
- #980Valentino49
- #992Hurley48
- #992Dolores48
- #992Durward48
- #992Enos48
- #1,003Adan47
- #1,003Arch47
- #1,003Armond47
Tied with 10 names at #992; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.