Currie — boys' name
195 babies named Currie in U.S. Social Security records since 1908, with the highest year being 1940. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
22% of everyone ever named Currie was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Currie in 1940 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Currie
The Social Security Administration has registered 195 babies named Currie between 1908 and 1996, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Currie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1940, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Currie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 54 additional births since 1974.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Currie performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Currie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Currie 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 195 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.
Currie at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Currie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1908
- Peak year (1940)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 89 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
195 total births across 89 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1940 with 11 births in a single year.
Currie popularity over time — girls
54 total births recorded since 1974 (Currie as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Currie accounts for 22% of total recorded use across both genders.
Currie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 42 births that decade — 22% of Currie's all-time total
Currie decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Currie's strongest decade
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% 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, 1908–1996 (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.