Unisex name · since 1910
Curlee
Curlee has 375 recorded births since 1910 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1930 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,374 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 375
- born since 1910
- 1940s
- peak decade
375 boys have been named Curlee since 1910, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Curlee has 375 recorded births among boys since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 1987.
- #9,374 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 375 born since 1910
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Curlee ranks #9,374 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 375 born since 1910, peaking in the 1940s.
- #9,374 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 375
- born since 1910
- 1940s
- peak decade
Curlee's 375 recorded births place it above 79.36% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Arkansas.
Curlee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Curlee splits its recorded history at 1940: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1910 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1930 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Curlee popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–1987
- Peak year (1930)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Curlee popularity over time - girls
43 total births recorded since 1916 (Curlee as girls' name)
Curlee by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (96 births, 26% of the file).
1940s was Curlee's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Curlee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 33
1910s
33 births
- 1920s
1920s
58 births
- 1930s
1930s
84 births
- 1940s
1940s
96 births
- 1950s
1950s
82 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 96 births (26% of all-time use).
Curlee by state
Where Curlee concentrates geographically, total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Arkansas | | 12 | 3.2% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 6 | 1.6% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.3% |
12 of 375 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Curlee's decade-level peak was the 1940s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Arkansas records the most Curlees (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Arkansas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Curlee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~77 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1910–1987 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Curlee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.