Curry
Curry is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 197030 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1896
- 1,647people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,562 boys have been named Curry in the United States since 1896, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 30 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1970s alone account for 15%.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 85 girls have also been given it, 5.2% of the total.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Curry | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 20 | |
| 1910s | 111 | |
| 1920s | 132 | |
| 1930s | 121 | |
| 1940s | 141 | |
| 1950s | 150 | |
| 1960s | 162 | |
| 1970s | 228 | |
| 1980s | 164 | |
| 1990s | 161 | |
| 2000s | 61 | |
| 2010s | 73 | |
| 2020s | 32 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Curry was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1970 were Michael, James, David, John and Robert. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Curry
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Prenticepeak 1939
- Prentisspeak 1943
- Alfonzopeak 1970
- Theronpeak 1966
- Lovellpeak 1916
- Elginpeak 1920
- Alfonsopeak 1991
- Carltonpeak 1957
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.