Curren
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KUR-un
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Curren is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “spear”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Curren mean?
Irish: spelling of Curran; from the Irish surname Ó Corráin
“spear”
Meaning borrowed from Curran.
Is Curren a girl's or a boy's name?
Curren is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Curren in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Curren, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Curren in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Curren in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
Names like Curren
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden Aiden Kayden Declan Keegan Finn Ronan Callan Cannon Raiden Finnegan Kian
Names related to Curren
More Irish names
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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, “Curren: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/curren, updated 20 October 2026.