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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Curley” in the USA?

Number of people named “Curley” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Curley” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Curley” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Curley” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Curley” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Curley” by birth year

This chart shows how “Curley” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 6 0.000031138 6 -100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 -100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 -100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 -100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 -100%
1896 11 0.000030771 11 -100%
1897 9 0.00002594 9 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1900 14 0.000031093 14 -100%
1901 11 0.000031809 11 -100%
1902 19 0.00004913 19 -100%
1903 12 0.00003148 12 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 -100%
1906 15 0.00003501 5 10 -33%
1907 14 0.000030082 14 -100%
1908 13 0.000026604 7 6 8%
1909 14 0.000027385 14 -100%
1910 11 0.000018622 11 -100%
1911 24 0.000037251 24 -100%
1912 25 0.000025302 5 20 -60%
1913 30 0.000026383 9 21 -40%
1914 34 0.000024005 6 28 -65%
1915 40 0.000021829 40 -100%
1916 49 0.000025331 13 36 -47%
1917 44 0.000021926 9 35 -59%
1918 55 0.000025333 10 45 -64%
1919 55 0.000026063 20 35 -27%
1920 40 0.000017678 7 33 -65%
1921 46 0.000019704 10 36 -57%
1922 42 0.000018347 9 33 -57%
1923 59 0.000025625 7 52 -76%
1924 48 0.000020154 10 38 -58%
1925 48 0.000020572 11 37 -54%
1926 34 0.000014809 10 24 -41%
1927 38 0.000016384 14 24 -26%
1928 45 0.000019903 6 39 -73%
1929 40 0.000018247 11 29 -45%
1930 42 0.000018891 9 33 -57%
1931 43 0.000020433 8 35 -63%
1932 53 0.000025103 11 42 -58%
1933 36 0.000018005 8 28 -56%
1934 44 0.000021186 7 37 -68%
1935 47 0.000022489 8 39 -66%
1936 62 0.000029842 13 49 -58%
1937 50 0.000023467 16 34 -36%
1938 47 0.000021242 11 36 -53%
1939 54 0.000024507 15 39 -44%
1940 51 0.000022148 14 37 -45%
1941 49 0.000020111 12 37 -51%
1942 52 0.000019035 11 41 -58%
1943 60 0.000021257 60 -100%
1944 83 0.000030854 15 68 -64%
1945 58 0.000021863 14 44 -52%
1946 56 0.000017526 16 40 -43%
1947 59 0.000016378 11 48 -63%
1948 55 0.00001593 13 42 -53%
1949 54 0.000015496 14 40 -48%
1950 72 0.000020552 17 55 -53%
1951 47 0.000012759 12 35 -49%
1952 62 0.000016324 13 49 -58%
1953 60 0.00001557 15 45 -50%
1954 46 0.000011556 8 38 -65%
1955 64 0.00001594 12 52 -63%
1956 45 0.000010914 6 39 -73%
1957 36 0.000008567 7 29 -61%
1958 29 0.000007015 8 21 -45%
1959 46 0.000011063 6 40 -74%
1960 39 0.000009389 7 32 -64%
1961 31 0.000007484 7 24 -55%
1962 32 0.00000793 32 -100%
1963 22 0.000005558 22 -100%
1964 29 0.00000746 6 23 -59%
1965 24 0.00000662 24 -100%
1966 32 0.000009207 32 -100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 -100%
1968 19 0.000005624 19 -100%
1969 15 0.000004316 15 -100%
1970 15 0.000004159 15 -100%
1971 18 0.000005244 18 -100%
1972 19 0.000006045 19 -100%
1973 18 0.000005966 18 -100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 -100%
1975 19 0.000006293 19 -100%
1976 18 0.000005932 18 -100%
1977 14 0.000004407 14 -100%
1978 13 0.000004096 13 -100%
1979 13 0.000003907 13 -100%
1980 19 0.000005516 19 -100%
1981 11 0.00000318 11 -100%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1984 10 0.000002866 10 -100%
1985 8 0.000002241 8 -100%
1986 9 0.00000253 9 -100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 -100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1990 8 0.000002024 8 -100%
1991 6 0.00000154 6 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%

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