Curran comes from the Irish tradition, meaning Hero, champion.
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How popular is Curran?
1993peak year
Today, Curran is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #7757), with only about 11 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1993, 56 babies were given the name (ranked #1603 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Curran has been declining in recent years. In all, around 1,181 babies have been registered as Curran since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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