Gurney
Recorded 1890–1969 · United States
Gurney was most popular in 1928, when 26 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,839 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 790 people named Gurney.
Gurney over time
How old is the name Gurney?
Gurney first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1890, which makes it about 135 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 64 of the 136 years since. It was last recorded in 1969.
How many people are named Gurney?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 790 American births named Gurney between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 195 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Gurney in 2025?
Gurney was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Gurney a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Gurney is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 790 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Gurney?
Roughly 195 Americans named Gurney are alive today — 25% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 75 years old, and half are between 69 and 81. That is a narrow band: Gurney arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Gurney is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org