Gurney

Boy · recorded 1890–1969

  • 1969last recorded
  • 1894best year

Most popular in 1894.

Last recorded in 1969. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1890

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 64 recorded years as a table
Gurney, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189045
189460
189543
189650
189956
190257
190538
190638
190930
191122
191221
191331
191426
191521
191616
191722
191820
191913
192017
192115
192210
192310
192420
192515
192612
192719
192823
192916
193015
193115
193221
193314
193415
193513
19368
19378
193814
193910
19409
194116
19427
19437
194412
194510
19469
19478
19485
194912
19507
19516
19527
19539
19548
19554
19574
19584
19594
19603
19612
19634
19643
19655
19663
19693

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Gurney isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1969
5
Rank in 1969
#4,404
How rare
1 in 357,634 boys
Since 1890
790

Gurney was last recorded in 1969. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1894, at 60 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Gurney doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.