Hurley
Boy · HUR-lee · Irish
Hurley is a boys' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Hurley mean?
Irish: Irish surname from Gaelic; also an English place name
A hurley is also the ash stick used to play the Irish sport of hurling.
- Say it
- HUR-lee
Is Hurley a girl's or a boy's name?
Hurley is a boys' name.
How popular is Hurley in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1919, with 54 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Hurley in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2015, 19% of the babies named Hurley in the US were girls.
Hurley in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,131 |
| 1965 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,643 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,231 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 27 | #1,465 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,244 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,429 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,429 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,167 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,204 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,159 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,448 |
| 1946 | 49 | #952 |
| 1945 | 33 | #1,138 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,085 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,279 |
| 1942 | 36 | #1,139 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,208 |
| 1939 | 38 | #1,033 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,030 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,119 |
| 1936 | 45 | #917 |
| 1935 | 42 | #980 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,092 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,124 |
| 1932 | 42 | #1,025 |
| 1931 | 38 | #1,102 |
| 1930 | 47 | #990 |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,111 |
| 1928 | 48 | #992 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,322 |
| 1926 | 54 | #916 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,073 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,223 |
| 1923 | 46 | #1,041 |
| 1922 | 33 | #1,259 |
| 1921 | 41 | #1,101 |
| 1920 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1919 | 54 | #908 |
| 1918 | 39 | #1,094 |
| 1917 | 43 | #997 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,265 |
| 1915 | 29 | #1,217 |
| 1914 | 36 | #907 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,023 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 10 | #951 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 11 | #723 |
| 1903 | 8 | #846 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 11 | #662 |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 11 | #674 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 9 | #747 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
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