Hurley
Hurley was last recorded in 2024, when 9 babies were given it; 2,659 Americans have been recorded with it between 1881 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,080 Americans named Hurley and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (41% of everyone recorded); the median is 53 years old and half are between 15 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Hurley by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Hurley?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,581, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
54 babies in 1919, the peak
Hurley peaked in 1919, when 54 boys were given it, #912 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,581 | 5.2 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,666 | 7.6 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,563 | 5.2 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,625 | 9.1 |
| 2020 | 14 | #6,088 | 8.1 |
| 2019 | 6 | #11,285 | 3.3 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,489 | 7.2 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,173 | 9.7 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,887 | 7.9 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,120 | 13.0 |
Every recorded year (127)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 19 | #4,940 | 9.9 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,108 | 12.7 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,570 | 15.8 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,071 | 19.5 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,336 | 8.9 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,759 | 14.1 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,180 | 11.8 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,279 | 11.1 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,740 | 2.4 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,485 | 3.5 |
| 2004 | 6 | #10,451 | 3.0 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,832 | 2.7 |
| 1995 | 6 | #8,184 | 3.2 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,340 | 4.0 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,506 | 2.9 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,849 | 4.0 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,395 | 4.2 |
| 1987 | 8 | #5,140 | 4.3 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,615 | 4.9 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,864 | 3.3 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,757 | 3.3 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,933 | 3.3 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,961 | 5.6 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,673 | 4.5 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,733 | 4.3 |
| 1977 | 5 | #6,232 | 3.0 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,838 | 5.7 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,318 | 7.0 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,674 | 5.7 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,439 | 10.3 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,455 | 5.6 |
| 1971 | 11 | #3,041 | 6.2 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,337 | 8.6 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,253 | 8.4 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,379 | 7.5 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,673 | 5.7 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,173 | 7.8 |
| 1965 | 20 | #1,788 | 10.8 |
| 1964 | 17 | #2,012 | 8.5 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,861 | 9.4 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,432 | 5.8 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,180 | 7.1 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,366 | 6.1 |
| 1959 | 17 | #2,003 | 8.0 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,659 | 10.8 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,526 | 12.5 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,238 | 18.0 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,084 | 7.3 |
| 1954 | 27 | #1,480 | 13.2 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,250 | 18.3 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,443 | 14.4 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,438 | 14.3 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,171 | 21.2 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,214 | 19.7 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,167 | 21.7 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,462 | 14.2 |
| 1946 | 49 | #957 | 30.2 |
| 1945 | 33 | #1,149 | 24.5 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,095 | 27.1 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,294 | 20.3 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,154 | 26.1 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,391 | 19.5 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,218 | 26.7 |
| 1939 | 38 | #1,043 | 34.3 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,035 | 35.2 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,134 | 31.9 |
| 1936 | 45 | #919 | 43.4 |
| 1935 | 42 | #984 | 40.3 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,108 | 34.9 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,135 | 34.3 |
| 1932 | 42 | #1,030 | 40.2 |
| 1931 | 38 | #1,107 | 36.6 |
| 1930 | 47 | #996 | 42.8 |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,121 | 36.3 |
| 1928 | 48 | #998 | 43.3 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,337 | 27.5 |
| 1926 | 54 | #922 | 48.6 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,081 | 37.6 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,233 | 30.9 |
| 1923 | 46 | #1,048 | 42.0 |
| 1922 | 33 | #1,271 | 30.3 |
| 1921 | 41 | #1,111 | 37.2 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,193 | 34.8 |
| 1919 | 54 | #912 | 55.1 |
| 1918 | 39 | #1,101 | 38.5 |
| 1917 | 43 | #998 | 46.5 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,286 | 31.5 |
| 1915 | 29 | #1,229 | 34.2 |
| 1914 | 36 | #920 | 55.0 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,038 | 46.8 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,389 | 30.2 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,075 | 48.7 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,076 | 51.5 |
| 1909 | 10 | #982 | 61.0 |
| 1908 | 9 | #987 | 58.3 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,439 | 34.1 |
| 1906 | 10 | #823 | 75.1 |
| 1905 | 8 | #962 | 60.5 |
| 1904 | 11 | #741 | 85.9 |
| 1903 | 8 | #875 | 67.1 |
| 1902 | 9 | #823 | 73.4 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,234 | 39.9 |
| 1899 | 7 | #898 | 65.9 |
| 1898 | 11 | #683 | 89.7 |
| 1897 | 9 | #756 | 79.8 |
| 1896 | 11 | #699 | 92.0 |
| 1895 | 8 | #830 | 68.1 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,115 | 44.5 |
| 1892 | 9 | #767 | 73.7 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,034 | 49.4 |
| 1890 | 9 | #700 | 81.1 |
| 1888 | 6 | #979 | 49.6 |
| 1887 | 5 | #994 | 49.3 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,032 | 45.1 |
| 1884 | 6 | #908 | 52.4 |
| 1882 | 8 | #729 | 70.4 |
| 1881 | 6 | #826 | 59.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Hurley a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,659 Americans recorded as Hurley, 3% are girls and 97% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Hurley: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Hurley, and how old are they?
1,080 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 41% of the 2,659 Americans ever recorded as Hurley. The median Hurley alive today is 53 years old; half are between 15 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 1,132 people named Hurley (114 women and girls, 1,018 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,193 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 123 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 315 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 151 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 77 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 208 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 206 |
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).
Where are babies named Hurley born?
The states with the most babies named Hurley are North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee, with 91% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Virginia and Tennessee are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 251 | not ranked | 3.1× |
| Virginia | 90 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Tennessee | 42 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Arkansas | 17 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| California | 6 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Texas | 6 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| Alabama | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Missouri | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Hurley is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Hurley is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 3.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Hurley with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Hurley
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 Hurley and names like it
- Compare Hurley and OlinBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sHurley peaked in 1919.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Hurley since 1910.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Hurley.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Hurley alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with HMost given first.