girls:
360 births since 1900
#5356 (6th percentile)
boys:
172 births since 1910
#4414 (4th percentile)
overall:
532 births since 1900
#7207 (7th percentile)
The name Curlie is the #7,207 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 532 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 6.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,356 (6.3% percentile) for all time with 360 births since 1900. For boys, it ranks #4,414 (3.7% percentile) for all time with 172 births since 1910.
Curlie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (1900 for girls and 1910 for boys). Birth data for Curlie is available in 49 out of the 71 years between 1900 and 1970 (44 years for girls and 26 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Curlie has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (67.7% of all recorded births). In 1970, 0.0% of babies named Curlie were girls.
For girls, Curlie reached its peak popularity in 1926, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #591) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1900, with 16 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1964.
For boys, Curlie reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #530) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1910, with 24 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1970.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Curlie".
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