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Curley

Curley is a unisex given name: about 83% of people named Curley are men and 17% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleMedium
Male 83%Female 17%
Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
83% male / 17% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
2,590 male / 534 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Curley

To address Curley when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Curley," in English, "Guten Tag Curley," in German. About 83% of people named Curley are men and 17% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Curley,

German

Guten Tag Curley,

French

Bonjour Curley,

Spanish

Estimado/a Curley:

Chinese

Curley您好：

Japanese

Curley様

English

Hi Curley,

German

Hi Curley,

French

Salut Curley,

Spanish

Hola Curley,

Chinese

Curley你好：

Japanese

Curleyさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Curley by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonman's name83%

United States birth data

2,590 male · 534 female · 3,124 births recorded

Male 83%Female 17%

Since 1980: 100% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Curley a male or female name?

Curley is a unisex given name: about 83% of people named Curley are men and 17% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Curley in an email?

To address Curley when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Curley," in English, "Guten Tag Curley," in German. About 83% of people named Curley are men and 17% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Curley a unisex name?

Curley is not a unisex name: 83% of people named Curley are men. Curley leans strongly male overall.

Related names

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Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Curley a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/curley (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_curley,
  title  = {Is Curley a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/curley},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}