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.

Curran

#4,327 most common boys' name of all time · #10,608 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1916–2025

Rank among boys
#4,327
Rank overall
#10,608 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
1,188
Since 2016
98
Peak year
1993 #1,607
Best rank
#1,607 1993
Girls Boys peak 56/yr
192019401960198020002020

Curran first appears in 1916. 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
2025 — 7 7 #9,801
2024 — 9 9 #8,398
2023 — 13 13 #6,574
2022 — 5 5 #12,490
2021 — 9 9 #8,243
2020 — 12 12 #6,678
2019 — 9 9 #8,282
2018 — 10 10 #7,689
2017 — 13 13 #6,379
2016 — 11 11 #7,208
2015 — 18 18 #5,102
2014 — 24 24 #4,159
2013 — 28 28 #3,677
2012 — 26 26 #3,915
2011 — 30 30 #3,523
2010 — 20 20 #4,700
2009 — 23 23 #4,312
2008 — 22 22 #4,416
2007 — 28 28 #3,711
2006 — 34 34 #3,166
2005 — 26 26 #3,637
2004 — 34 34 #2,968
2003 — 30 30 #3,133
2002 5 23 28 #3,690
2001 — 36 36 #2,635
2000 9 33 42 #2,748
1999 — 29 29 #2,886
1998 5 34 39 #2,519
1997 — 28 28 #2,774
1996 5 35 40 #2,306
1995 — 41 41 #2,038
1994 — 37 37 #2,192
1993 — 56 56 #1,607
1992 — 32 32 #2,316
1991 — 27 27 #2,560
1990 — 39 39 #1,952
1989 — 35 35 #2,047
1988 — 23 23 #2,546
1987 — 18 18 #2,873
1986 — 15 15 #3,173
1985 — 16 16 #2,987
1984 — 12 12 #3,535
1983 — 10 10 #3,944
1982 — 12 12 #3,544
1981 — 14 14 #3,102
1980 — 13 13 #3,313
1979 — 11 11 #3,649
1978 6 13 19 #3,115
1977 — 16 16 #2,718
1976 — 10 10 #3,537
1974 — 11 11 #3,196
1971 — 9 9 #3,485
1970 — 5 5 #4,975
1966 — 6 6 #3,732
1961 — 6 6 #3,852
1957 — 5 5 #4,265
1916 — 7 7 #3,467