Curley peaked in the US in 1902 at #490, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Curley as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2003
#10,894 (5)
2000
#10,349 (5)
1997
#8,110 (6)
1996
#9,015 (5)
1995
#8,868 (5)
1993
#8,700 (5)
1991
#7,271 (6)
1990
#5,823 (8)
1989
#6,941 (6)
1988
#4,786 (9)
1987
#4,573 (9)
1986
#4,457 (9)
1985
#4,698 (8)
1984
#3,925 (10)
1983
#4,499 (8)
Curley as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
1964
#6,009 (6)
1961
#5,309 (7)
1960
#5,168 (7)
1959
#5,566 (6)
1958
#4,520 (8)
1957
#4,918 (7)
1956
#5,325 (6)
1955
#3,377 (12)
1954
#4,278 (8)
1953
#2,812 (15)
1952
#3,040 (13)
1951
#3,106 (12)
1950
#2,436 (17)
1949
#2,726 (14)
1948
#2,828 (13)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1902 at #490.
First recorded in the US in 1881.
In 1964, 21% of US babies named Curley were girls.