Curry
Curry was given to 8 boys in 2025, #9,081 among boys’ names; 1,655 Americans have been recorded with it since 1896 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,070 Americans named Curry and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (65% of everyone recorded); the median is 47 years old and half are between 33 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Curry by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Curry?
#9,081 among boys’ names, 2025
Curry rose from #12,451 in 2015 to #9,081 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 2.6 to 4.7 per million.
34 babies in 1977, the peak
Curry peaked in 1977, when 34 babies were given it (29 boys, #1,790 among boys’ names). The 8 births of 2025 are 24% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #9,081 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 7 | #10,106 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,384 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,876 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,881 | 3.5 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,853 | 6.7 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,853 | 8.1 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,426 | 6.9 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,451 | 2.6 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,154 | 5.7 |
Every recorded year (115)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7 | #9,861 | 3.7 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,641 | 2.6 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,618 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 8 | #9,148 | 4.0 |
| 2007 | 6 | #11,195 | 2.9 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,395 | 2.4 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,783 | 2.5 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,818 | 5.1 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,989 | 2.6 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,735 | 6.2 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,401 | 5.1 |
| 1999 | 18 | #4,008 | 9.4 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,198 | 6.3 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,337 | 5.8 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,613 | 4.2 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,721 | 8.9 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,953 | 12.4 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,062 | 11.2 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,359 | 6.5 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,483 | 8.4 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,185 | 9.3 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,110 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,697 | 11.0 |
| 1987 | 11 | #4,013 | 5.9 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,909 | 9.2 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,968 | 8.7 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,545 | 10.5 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,098 | 7.8 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,729 | 9.4 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,253 | 7.3 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,744 | 9.5 |
| 1979 | 26 | #2,001 | 15.1 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,098 | 7.9 |
| 1977 | 29 | #1,790 | 17.6 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,349 | 12.1 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,462 | 10.9 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,061 | 13.4 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,139 | 12.2 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,608 | 17.9 |
| 1971 | 25 | #1,790 | 14.1 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,549 | 16.1 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,871 | 11.2 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,127 | 8.6 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,919 | 9.7 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,240 | 7.3 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,199 | 7.5 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,442 | 6.0 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,975 | 8.4 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,903 | 8.7 |
| 1961 | 17 | #2,011 | 8.0 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,869 | 8.9 |
| 1959 | 14 | #2,217 | 6.6 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,193 | 6.6 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,965 | 7.9 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,660 | 4.7 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,609 | 4.9 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,225 | 6.4 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,720 | 10.1 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,022 | 7.7 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,069 | 7.4 |
| 1950 | 23 | #1,543 | 12.8 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,651 | 5.1 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,958 | 8.5 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,268 | 6.6 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,743 | 4.9 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,152 | 8.2 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,537 | 14.7 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,497 | 15.4 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,064 | 9.4 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,496 | 17.1 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,359 | 8.6 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,894 | 12.6 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,361 | 9.0 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,839 | 14.1 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,207 | 10.6 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,852 | 14.4 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,784 | 7.7 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,783 | 16.1 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,354 | 10.5 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,351 | 10.6 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,637 | 9.1 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,472 | 10.2 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,274 | 4.5 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,887 | 16.0 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,960 | 8.1 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,110 | 13.4 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,373 | 11.5 |
| 1923 | 17 | #1,960 | 15.5 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,664 | 10.1 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,170 | 13.6 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,901 | 16.9 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,583 | 22.4 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,085 | 14.8 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,202 | 14.0 |
| 1916 | 15 | #1,976 | 16.9 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,894 | 17.7 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,998 | 16.8 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,317 | 13.7 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,917 | 18.6 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,644 | 25.7 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,502 | 30.5 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,385 | 34.1 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,157 | 41.9 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,354 | 33.2 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,005 | 50.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Curry a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,655 Americans recorded as Curry, 5% are girls and 95% boys. In 2025 it went to 8 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Curry: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Curry, and how old are they?
1,070 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 65% of the 1,655 Americans ever recorded as Curry. The median Curry alive today is 47 years old; half are between 33 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 1,113 people named Curry (212 women and girls, 901 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,112 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 51 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 185 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 319 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 298 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 115 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 102 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 1,904 babies since 1880, Curry is the most given (87% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Curry
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Curry and names like it
- Compare Curry and CurrieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sCurry peaked in 1977.
- Louisiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Curry since 1910.
- The top names of 1977The year the most babies were named Curry.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Curry alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with CMost given first.