Curran
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KUR-un
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Curran is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “spear”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Curran mean?
Irish: from the Irish surname Ó Corráin
“spear”
Is Curran a girl's or a boy's name?
Curran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Curran in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Curran, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 56 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the boys named Curran in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Curran in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 34 | #2,949 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 36 | #2,613 |
| 2000 | 33 | #2,731 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,504 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 35 | #2,294 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,021 |
| 1994 | 37 | #2,176 |
| 1993 | 56 | #1,596 |
| 1992 | 32 | #2,298 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1990 | 39 | #1,941 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
Names like Curran
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Brayden Declan Conan Brennan Ronan Aiden Keenan Teagan Finn Cannon Kenan
Names related to Curran
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Callan Lennon Cillian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Curran: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/curran, updated 20 October 2026.