Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Curlie**

#10,606 most common girls' name of all time · #17,624 across all names · 32% male / 68% female · used 1900–1970 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#10,606
Rank overall
#17,624 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
532
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1926 #2,133
Best rank
#2,133 1926
Girls Boys peak 23/yr
1900192019401960

Curlie first appears in 1900. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1970 — 5 5 —
1966 — 6 6 —
1964 5 — 5 #6,903
1960 5 5 10 #6,513
1958 7 — 7 #4,994
1957 6 7 13 #5,498
1956 7 7 14 #4,948
1950 9 — 9 #3,740
1949 8 6 14 #3,985
1948 6 6 12 #4,791
1947 10 9 19 #3,538
1946 11 6 17 #3,099
1945 — 9 9 —
1944 9 — 9 #3,217
1943 16 — 16 #2,297
1942 5 7 12 #4,802
1941 6 8 14 #4,103
1940 11 — 11 #2,655
1939 6 — 6 #3,910
1938 11 — 11 #2,649
1937 7 8 15 #3,548
1936 9 — 9 #2,964
1935 — 7 7 —
1934 8 — 8 #3,268
1933 10 — 10 #2,763
1932 8 — 8 #3,380
1931 10 — 10 #2,844
1930 5 8 13 #4,710
1929 7 — 7 #3,795
1928 10 6 16 #3,033
1927 11 — 11 #2,936
1926 18 5 23 #2,133
1925 10 — 10 #3,214
1924 9 — 9 #3,499
1923 5 6 11 #5,130
1922 11 6 17 #3,044
1921 5 — 5 #5,256
1920 11 10 21 #2,990
1919 9 — 9 #3,294
1918 8 5 13 #3,614
1917 9 6 15 #3,201
1916 5 8 13 #4,571
1915 6 6 12 #3,931
1914 6 5 11 #3,349
1913 6 — 6 #2,996
1912 8 — 8 #2,286
1911 6 — 6 #2,342
1910 — 5 5 —
1900 5 — 5 #2,165