Curby — boys' name
86 babies named Curby in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Curby was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Curby in 1951 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Curby
The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Curby between 1917 and 1973, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Curby currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Curby performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Curby shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Curby in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 86 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Curby at a glance
Last recorded 1973Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Curby popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1917
- Peak year (1951)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1973.
86 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1951 with 8 births in a single year.
Curby by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 26 births that decade — 30% of Curby's all-time total
Curby decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Curby's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–1973 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.