ESC Name Rank Total Searching... No names found Try searching for: Emma, Liam, Olivia, Noah... 👧As Girl Name 1900 First Year 1964 Last Year 1926 Peak Year #2076 Peak Rank 360 Total Count 44 Years Active 👦As Boy Name 1910 First Year 1970 Last Year 1920 Peak Year #2765 Peak Rank 172 Total Count 26 Years Active 🌍 ## Meaning & Origin of Curlie What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures. DMOZ or DMoz was a multilingual open-content directory of World Wide Web links. The site and community who maintained it were also known as the Open Directory Project (ODP). It was owned by AOL but constructed and maintained by a community of volunteer editors. Source: [Wikipedia ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMOZ) (CC BY-SA 3.0). [Read more → ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMOZ) 🏛️Origin & history This section needs more citations . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . Find sources: "DMOZ" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( April 2019 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) DMOZ was founded in the United States as GnuHoo by Rich Skrenta and Bob Truel in 1998 while they were both working as engineers for Sun Microsystems . Chris Tolles, who worked at Sun Microsystems as the head of marketing for network security products, also signed on in 1998 as a co-founder of Gnuhoo along wit [![Wikipedia thumbnail for Curlie](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Dmoz_-_Open_Directory_Project.PNG/330px-Dmoz_-_Open_Directory_Project.PNG?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMOZ) 📖 ## The Story of Curlie ### As a girl name The earliest SSA record of Curlie as a girl name dates back to 1900, when 5 babies received it. 1926 was its biggest year on record, with 18 newborns named Curlie — #2,076 in the national rankings. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 27% of all recorded Curlies. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1964 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 360 Curlies have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s. ### As a boy name Curlie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1910, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1920: 10 births, good for #2,765 nationwide. The 1940s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 30% of all recorded Curlies. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1970 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 172 Curlies have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s. ## Popularity Over Time Girls Boys ## Popularity by State 👧 Girls 👦 Boys ME WA MT ND MN WI MI NY VT NH MA OR ID SD IA IL IN OH PA NJ CT RI CA NV WY NE MO KY WV VA MD DE DC UT CO KS AR TN NC SC AK AZ NM OK LA MS AL GA HI TX FL Top 10 11-50 51-100 101-500 500+ No data 🎶 ## Names that sound like Curlie Phonetically similar names — useful when Curlie is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name. * [Curly](/curly) * [Curley](/curley) * Kerley * Kirley * Curlew * Girly * [Girlie](/girlie) * [Gurley](/gurley) * [Cali](/cali) * [Carly](/carly) * [Collie](/collie) * [Callie](/callie) Source: [Datamuse ](https://www.datamuse.com/api/). Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated. ❓ ## Frequently Asked Questions about Curlie What does the name Curlie mean? DMOZ or DMoz was a multilingual open-content directory of World Wide Web links. The site and community who maintained it were also known as the Open Directory Project (ODP). It was owned by AOL but constructed and maintained by a community of volunteer editors. How popular is Curlie in 2026? In 2026, Curlie ranks #6,767 among girls' names in the U.S., with 5 babies given the name that year. When was Curlie most popular? Curlie reached its peak popularity in 1926, ranking #2,076 that year with 18 babies given the name. In which U.S. states is Curlie most popular? Curlie has historically been most popular in Georgia, Mississippi, Texas. Rankings vary year to year, but these states show the strongest concentration of births named Curlie. Is Curlie a unisex name? Yes — Curlie is used for both girls and boys in U.S. records, with about 68% of Curlies assigned female and 32% assigned male historically. What names go well with Curlie? Names that share a similar style or popularity range with Curlie include Lulla, Guy, Maeola. These pairings are based on rank proximity and naming era in U.S. data. ## Similar Names ### 👧 Similar Girl Names [👧LullaPeak #2076](/lulla)[👧GuyPeak #2076](/guy)[👧MaeolaPeak #2076](/maeola)[👧WilladenePeak #2076](/willadene) ### 👦 Similar Boy Names [👦FriendPeak #2765](/friend)[👦PrimusPeak #2765](/primus)[👦OttPeak #2765](/ott)[👦EllPeak #2765](/ell) ## About the name Curlie Curlie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1900 and has accumulated 360 births in the dataset. Curlie's peak popularity came in 1926 when it ranked #2,076\. Use the chart and map above to compare Curlie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices. ### Continue exploring * [ Top names of 1926 → ](/year/1926) * [ Names of the 1920s → ](/decade/1920s) * [ Names starting with "C" → ](/letter/c) * [ Browse all girl names → ](/names/girls) * [ Top names of 2026 → ](/year/2026) * [ Browse unisex names → ](/names/unisex) Data sources * Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. [Social Security Administration ](https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/). Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships. * Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — [Behind the Name ](https://www.behindthename.com/) (used under their public API terms). * Meaning prose and editorial summary — [Wikipedia ](https://en.wikipedia.org/) article extracts, licensed under [CC BY-SA 3.0 ](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/). * Predicted nationality distribution — [Nationalize.io ](https://nationalize.io/). * Phonetically similar names — [Datamuse ](https://www.datamuse.com/api/). Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.