Curran
- Last seen for girls in 2002 at #15,432
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Given to boys 97.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1993 · 56 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,158since 1916
Curran over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Curran has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 7 boys in 1916 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | #8,312 | 9 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,517 | 13 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,166 | 9 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,157 | 11 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,058 | 18 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,138 | 24 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,661 | 28 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,894 | 26 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,510 | 30 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,678 | 20 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,278 | 23 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,395 | 22 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,687 | 28 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,153 | 34 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,615 | 26 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,953 | 34 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,119 | 30 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #3,670 | 23 |
| 2001 | — | #2,618 | 36 | |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #2,736 | 33 |
| 1999 | — | #2,865 | 29 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #2,507 | 34 |
| 1997 | — | #2,750 | 28 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #2,299 | 35 |
| 1995 | — | #2,026 | 41 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,181 | 37 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,601 | 56 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,303 | 32 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,544 | 27 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,946 | 39 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,027 | 35 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,509 | 23 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,838 | 18 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,131 | 15 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,942 | 16 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,459 | 12 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,030 | 14 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,569 | 11 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | — | #2,665 | 16 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,471 | 10 | |
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| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
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| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
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| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five boys were named Curran! It came in at #3,177, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1960, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Curran is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Curran in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Curran
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 3,094 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
77 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1993 at #1,601 (56 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 35,024
- Highest: 1 in 35,024 boys born in 1993 were named Curran (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 30.9% of all boys named Curran (358) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #3,177 (1916) | #3,177 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,993 (1957) | #3,993 |
| 1960s | 12 | #3,537 (1966) | #3,595 |
| 1970s | 75 | #2,665 (1977) | #3,427 |
| 1980s | 168 | #2,027 (1989) | #3,056 |
| 1990s | 358 | #1,601 (1993) | #2,302 |
| 2000s | 289 | #2,618 (2001) | #3,422 |
| 2010s | 189 | #3,510 (2011) | #5,427 |
| 2020s | 55 | #6,517 (2023) | #8,610 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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