Unisex name · since 1908
Currie
Currie has 195 recorded births since 1908 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1940 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,122 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 195
- born since 1908
- 1940s
- peak decade
Currie sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 195 recorded since 1908.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Currie has been recorded 195 times among boys since 1908, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1908 to 1996.
- #13,122 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 195 born since 1908
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Currie ranks #13,122 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 195 born since 1908, peaking in the 1940s.
- #13,122 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 195
- born since 1908
- 1940s
- peak decade
Currie's 195 recorded births place it above 71.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Currie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Currie's full recorded timeline at 1941, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1908, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1940 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Currie popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1908–1996
- Peak year (1940)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 89 years of records
Currie popularity over time - girls
54 total births recorded since 1974 (Currie as girls' name)
Currie by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (42 births, 22% of the file).
1940s was Currie's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Currie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
26 births
- 1920s
1920s
25 births
- 1930s
1930s
33 births
- 1940s
1940s
42 births
- 1950s
1950s
17 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 42 births (22% of all-time use).
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What to do with Currie's data
- Currie's decade-level peak was the 1940s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Currie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1940)
Similar record span (~88 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, 1908–1996 (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 Currie 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.