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.

Gurley

#16,573 most common boys' name of all time · #43,322 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1892–1954

Rank among boys
#16,573
Rank overall
#43,322 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
84
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1915 #2,225
Best rank
#1,217 1894
Girls Boys peak 12/yr
190019201940

Gurley first appears in 1892. 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
1954 — 5 5 #3,913
1935 — 5 5 #3,735
1933 — 6 6 #3,349
1929 — 7 7 #3,303
1928 — 5 5 #4,229
1925 — 5 5 #4,295
1924 — 7 7 #3,577
1922 — 5 5 #4,389
1920 — 7 7 #3,545
1919 — 10 10 #2,721
1915 — 12 12 #2,225
1894 — 5 5 #1,217
1892 — 5 5 #1,235