Curley*
#2,373 most common boys' name of all time · #5,733 across all names · 83% male / 17% female · used 1881–2003 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#2,373
Rank overall
#5,733 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
107 of 146
All-time
3,124
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1944 #757
Best rank
#505 1902
Girls
Boys
peak 83/yr
Curley first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,930 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,389 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,140 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,048 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,908 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,743 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,301 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,849 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,991 |
| 1988 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,807 |
| 1987 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,598 |
| 1986 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,485 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,724 |
| 1984 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,950 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,527 |
| 1982 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,301 |
| 1981 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,620 |
| 1980 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,547 |
| 1979 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,190 |
| 1978 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,079 |
| 1977 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,918 |
| 1976 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,433 |
| 1975 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,300 |
| 1974 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,346 |
| 1973 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,230 |
| 1972 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,098 |
| 1971 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1970 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,414 |
| 1969 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,232 |
| 1968 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,855 |
| 1967 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,921 |
| 1966 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,351 |
| 1965 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,602 |
| 1964 | 6 | 23 | 29 | #1,672 |
| 1963 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,706 |
| 1962 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,390 |
| 1961 | 7 | 24 | 31 | #1,648 |
| 1960 | 7 | 32 | 39 | #1,413 |
| 1959 | 6 | 40 | 46 | #1,233 |
| 1958 | 8 | 21 | 29 | #1,737 |
| 1957 | 7 | 29 | 36 | #1,464 |
| 1956 | 6 | 39 | 45 | #1,223 |
| 1955 | 12 | 52 | 64 | #1,049 |
| 1954 | 8 | 38 | 46 | #1,219 |
| 1953 | 15 | 45 | 60 | #1,095 |
| 1952 | 13 | 49 | 62 | #1,035 |
| 1951 | 12 | 35 | 47 | #1,250 |
| 1950 | 17 | 55 | 72 | #930 |
| 1949 | 14 | 40 | 54 | #1,114 |
| 1948 | 13 | 42 | 55 | #1,096 |
| 1947 | 11 | 48 | 59 | #1,043 |
| 1946 | 16 | 40 | 56 | #1,102 |
| 1945 | 14 | 44 | 58 | #968 |
| 1944 | 15 | 68 | 83 | #757 |
| 1943 | — | 60 | 60 | #864 |
| 1942 | 11 | 41 | 52 | #1,063 |
| 1941 | 12 | 37 | 49 | #1,073 |
| 1940 | 14 | 37 | 51 | #1,078 |
| 1939 | 15 | 39 | 54 | #1,023 |
| 1938 | 11 | 36 | 47 | #1,084 |
| 1937 | 16 | 34 | 50 | #1,128 |
| 1936 | 13 | 49 | 62 | #875 |
| 1935 | 8 | 39 | 47 | #1,028 |
| 1934 | 7 | 37 | 44 | #1,082 |
| 1933 | 8 | 28 | 36 | #1,260 |
| 1932 | 11 | 42 | 53 | #1,028 |
| 1931 | 8 | 35 | 43 | #1,152 |
| 1930 | 9 | 33 | 42 | #1,246 |
| 1929 | 11 | 29 | 40 | #1,319 |
| 1928 | 6 | 39 | 45 | #1,132 |
| 1927 | 14 | 24 | 38 | #1,572 |
| 1926 | 10 | 24 | 34 | #1,531 |
| 1925 | 11 | 37 | 48 | #1,169 |
| 1924 | 10 | 38 | 48 | #1,176 |
| 1923 | 7 | 52 | 59 | #955 |
| 1922 | 9 | 33 | 42 | #1,267 |
| 1921 | 10 | 36 | 46 | #1,207 |
| 1920 | 7 | 33 | 40 | #1,259 |
| 1919 | 20 | 35 | 55 | #1,196 |
| 1918 | 10 | 45 | 55 | #1,003 |
| 1917 | 9 | 35 | 44 | #1,138 |
| 1916 | 13 | 36 | 49 | #1,078 |
| 1915 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,007 |
| 1914 | 6 | 28 | 34 | #1,081 |
| 1913 | 9 | 21 | 30 | #1,128 |
| 1912 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #1,042 |
| 1911 | — | 24 | 24 | #640 |
| 1910 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,013 |
| 1909 | — | 14 | 14 | #780 |
| 1908 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #1,269 |
| 1907 | — | 14 | 14 | #727 |
| 1906 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #828 |
| 1905 | — | 8 | 8 | #960 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1903 | — | 12 | 12 | #685 |
| 1902 | — | 19 | 19 | #505 |
| 1901 | — | 11 | 11 | #673 |
| 1900 | — | 14 | 14 | #695 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,188 |
| 1897 | — | 9 | 9 | #773 |
| 1896 | — | 11 | 11 | #711 |
| 1895 | — | 8 | 8 | #836 |
| 1893 | — | 8 | 8 | #816 |
| 1890 | — | 6 | 6 | #947 |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | #928 |
| 1884 | — | 7 | 7 | #823 |
| 1881 | — | 6 | 6 | #848 |