Gurney — boys' name

What the Data Says About Gurney

The Social Security Administration has registered 790 babies named Gurney between 1890 and 1969, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Gurney currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gurney performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Gurney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 344 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gurney in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gurney 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 790 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.