Hurley
Recorded 1881–2024 · United States
Hurley was most popular in 1919, when 54 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,809 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,659 people named Hurley.
Hurley over time
How old is the name Hurley?
Hurley first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 127 of the 145 years since.
How many people are named Hurley?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,659 American births named Hurley between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,117 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Hurley in 2025?
Hurley was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Hurley getting more or less popular?
Hurley is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 12 births a year, against 34 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -65% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Hurley a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Hurley is a boy’s name — 2.9% of the 2,659 Americans given it were girls and 97.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 4% girls and 96% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Hurley?
Roughly 1,117 Americans named Hurley are alive today — 42% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 55 years old, and half are between 15 and 74. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Hurley is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org