Hurley — #8297 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Hurley

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,581 babies named Hurley between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hurley currently holds the #8297 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 54 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hurley performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 406 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Hurley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 251 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Hurley in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hurley 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 2,581 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.