Given name & surname
Curry
“resembling the spice”
Curry is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “resembling the spice.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “resembling the spice.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1896. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Curry through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,655
- 1,570 boys · 85 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,085 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,085 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 30 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,113 as a first name in 2020; 72,444 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Curry’s family of names
Curry has a related form in Curran. Curry has a related form in Currie. Curry has a related form in Currea.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Curry
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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