Gurney is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Gurney is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1969. Gurney was first reported in SSA data in 1890 and peaked in 1928 (26 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 5 | — | #4,640 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #4,175 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | #2,873 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #4,274 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #3,156 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #4,297 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #3,810 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #2,912 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | #3,139 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | #2,900 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #2,851 |
| 1954 | 16 | — | #1,994 |
| 1953 | 17 | — | #1,922 |
| 1952 | 13 | — | #2,195 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | #2,293 |
| 1950 | 13 | — | #2,143 |
| 1949 | 21 | — | #1,638 |
| 1948 | 9 | — | #2,680 |
| 1947 | 15 | — | #2,023 |
| 1946 | 15 | — | #1,914 |
| 1945 | 14 | — | #1,882 |
| 1944 | 17 | — | #1,705 |
| 1943 | 10 | — | #2,464 |
| 1942 | 10 | — | #2,441 |
| 1941 | 20 | — | #1,551 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | #2,235 |
| 1939 | 11 | — | #2,220 |
| 1938 | 16 | — | #1,773 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | #2,570 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | #2,729 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | #1,972 |
| 1934 | 16 | — | #1,804 |
| 1933 | 14 | — | #1,949 |
| 1932 | 22 | — | #1,528 |
| 1931 | 16 | — | #1,883 |
| 1930 | 16 | — | #1,922 |
| 1929 | 17 | — | #1,891 |
| 1928 | 26 | — | #1,469 |
| 1927 | 21 | — | #1,713 |
| 1926 | 13 | — | #2,346 |
| 1925 | 17 | — | #1,962 |
| 1924 | 23 | — | #1,651 |
| 1923 | 11 | — | #2,681 |
| 1922 | 11 | — | #2,690 |
| 1921 | 17 | — | #2,013 |
| 1920 | 18 | — | #1,918 |
| 1919 | 13 | — | #2,311 |
| 1918 | 20 | — | #1,738 |
| 1917 | 20 | — | #1,665 |
| 1916 | 14 | — | #2,088 |
| 1915 | 18 | — | #1,686 |
| 1914 | 17 | — | #1,515 |
| 1913 | 16 | — | #1,338 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | #1,800 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #1,850 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #1,555 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #1,317 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #1,314 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | #972 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | #981 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | #1,036 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | #1,153 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | #901 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | #1,063 |