Curley

Girl · recorded 1904–1964

  • 1964last recorded
  • 1908best year

Most popular in 1908.

Last recorded in 1964. Fewer than five girls 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 1904

0112119041919193419491964

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 52 recorded years as a table
Curley, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190418
190617
190821
19129
191314
19148
191612
19178
19189
191918
19206
19218
19227
19236
19248
19259
19268
192712
19285
192910
19308
19318
193210
19338
19347
19358
193612
193715
193810
193914
194012
194110
19428
194411
194511
194610
19476
19488
19498
195010
19517
19527
19538
19544
19556
19563
19573
19584
19593
19603
19613
19643

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Curley 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1964
6
Rank in 1964
#6,009
How rare
1 in 315,809 girls
Since 1904
534

Curley was last recorded in 1964. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1908, at 21 per million girls born.

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

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