Furman
Last seen for boys in 1999 at #7,874
- Peak · boys
- 1900 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,758since 1881
Furman over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Furman has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,417 | 18 |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #1,939 | 21 |
| 1969 | #1,914 | 19 |
| 1968 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | #1,758 | 20 |
| 1966 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #1,669 | 22 |
| 1964 | #1,655 | 23 |
| 1963 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #1,669 | 23 |
| 1961 | #1,303 | 37 |
| 1960 | #1,581 | 26 |
| 1959 | #1,265 | 38 |
| 1958 | #1,277 | 36 |
| 1957 | #1,715 | 22 |
| 1956 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | #1,313 | 33 |
| 1954 | #1,200 | 39 |
| 1953 | #1,304 | 33 |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 33 |
| 1951 | #1,052 | 46 |
| 1950 | #1,123 | 40 |
| 1949 | #1,110 | 40 |
| 1948 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,136 | 41 |
| 1946 | #890 | 55 |
| 1945 | #1,270 | 27 |
| 1944 | #949 | 46 |
| 1943 | #998 | 45 |
| 1942 | #1,026 | 43 |
| 1941 | #1,051 | 38 |
| 1940 | #1,019 | 40 |
| 1939 | #1,007 | 40 |
| 1938 | #1,030 | 39 |
| 1937 | #1,016 | 39 |
| 1936 | #832 | 53 |
| 1935 | #1,078 | 36 |
| 1934 | #1,007 | 41 |
| 1933 | #821 | 57 |
| 1932 | #915 | 50 |
| 1931 | #1,078 | 39 |
| 1930 | #815 | 63 |
| 1929 | #1,111 | 39 |
| 1928 | #938 | 52 |
| 1927 | #1,041 | 45 |
| 1926 | #1,144 | 39 |
| 1925 | #973 | 49 |
| 1924 | #897 | 60 |
| 1923 | #976 | 50 |
| 1922 | #850 | 65 |
| 1921 | #849 | 66 |
| 1920 | #1,004 | 47 |
| 1919 | #908 | 54 |
| 1918 | #753 | 73 |
| 1917 | #1,092 | 37 |
| 1916 | #883 | 51 |
| 1915 | #1,015 | 39 |
| 1914 | #836 | 41 |
| 1913 | #1,146 | 20 |
| 1912 | #854 | 27 |
| 1911 | #824 | 16 |
| 1910 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #714 | 15 |
| 1908 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #786 | 10 |
| 1904 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #651 | 12 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #490 | 22 |
| 1899 | #714 | 9 |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #722 | 10 |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #648 | 10 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #701 | 8 |
| 1883 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | #576 | 11 |
| 1881 | #706 | 7 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Furman! It came in at #706, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Furman
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
- Biggest jump: 380 spots in 1946 (#1,270 → #890)
- Biggest drop: 321 spots in 1945 (#949 → #1,270)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1900 at #490 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1902–1912
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,840
- Highest: 1 in 6,840 boys born in 1900 were named Furman (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 274,307 boys born in 1999 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 18.6% of all boys named Furman (512) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 51 | #576 (1882) | #672 |
| 1890s | 58 | #714 (1899) | #862 |
| 1900s | 101 | #490 (1900) | #796 |
| 1910s | 371 | #753 (1918) | #917 |
| 1920s | 512 | #849 (1921) | #978 |
| 1930s | 457 | #815 (1930) | #960 |
| 1940s | 406 | #890 (1946) | #1,075 |
| 1950s | 346 | #1,052 (1951) | #1,308 |
| 1960s | 223 | #1,303 (1961) | #1,721 |
| 1970s | 119 | #1,939 (1970) | #2,955 |
| 1980s | 69 | #3,440 (1986) | #4,575 |
| 1990s | 45 | #5,642 (1997) | #6,713 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Furman in 1894
boys
#954
6 births · 1 in 19,295 boys
Top boys' names in 1894
More about 1894
boys
115,768 boys got a published name in 1894; 1 in 19,295 of them was named Furman, which outranked 23.0% of the 1,239 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).