Curran
Curran was the 9912th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 1603rd with 56 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,815 places. More babies were named Curran in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #9,912 boys, down 3,200 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199356 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,188babies recorded
Curran popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 30 since 1978.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,912 | 7 |
| 2020 | #6,712 | 12 |
| 2010 | #4,710 | 20 |
| 2000 | #2,751 | 33 |
| 1990 | #1,950 | 39 |
| 1980 | #3,293 | 13 |
| 1970 | #4,841 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Curran, counting every spelling?
Curran is a spelling of Curren, a name family that had 25 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 25 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curren | 18 | #5,249 | 74 |
| Curran | 7 | #9,912 | 43 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Curran?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Curran (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Curran born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Curran.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Curran?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Curran are alive today, with a median age of 28; half are between 18 and 35. That makes Curran mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Curran: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Curran, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Curran
How popular is the name Curran?
Curran was the 9912th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 1603rd with 56 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,815 places. More babies were named Curran in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Curran a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Curran in the US.