Given name
Curlie
“having great strength”
Curlie is a variant of Curley. One English interpretation is “having great strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Curlie is a variant of Curley. One English interpretation is “having great strength.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Curlie is a variant of Curley. An origin associated with Curley is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Curlie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 532
- 172 boys · 360 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 210 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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