Boys' name · since 1990
Curren
Curren has 642 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,800 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,302 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 642
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Curren currently ranks #5302 among boys' names in America, with 642 babies recorded since 1990.
Curren has 642 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5302 as of the latest data, more common than 62% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #6,800 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,302 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 642 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Curren ranks #6,800 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,302 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 642 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,800 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,302 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 642
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Curren's 642 recorded births place it above 85.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Curren compares
642 Top 39% higher than 61% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Curren's all-time total is 74% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Curren | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 642 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 35 | 34 | 22,252 |
Curren's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Curren's full recorded timeline at 2008, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 35 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Curren popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Curren by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (284 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Curren's strongest decade.
284 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Curren births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 89
1990s
89 births
- 2000s
2000s
165 births
- 2010s
2010s
284 births
- 2020s 104
2020s
104 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 284 births (44% of all-time use).
How Curren compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Curren's total volume
Curren by state
Where Curren concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 284 | 44.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 10 | 1.6% |
284 of 642 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Curren's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (284 total births) through the 2020s (104) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Currens (284 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Curren: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Curren 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.