Thurman

Last seen for girls in 1928 at #4,725 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to boys >99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1888 · 72 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16,392
since 1880

Thurman over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Thurman has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #204, 1888boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024—#12,3495
2023—#7,28911
2022—#12,3305
2021—#8,8258
2020—#8,0679
2019—#8,2159
2018—#8,1549
2017—#9,6967
2016—#5,12418
2015—#7,06611
2014—#9,6427
2013—#8,7898
2012—#8,1589
2011—#7,50210
2010—#6,35913
2009—#7,69210
2008—#5,24917
2007—#5,66115
2006—#6,46012
2005—#4,46419
2004—#4,79317
2003—#3,83822
2002—#5,72512
2001—#3,51224
2000—#3,42324
1999—#3,03127
1998—#2,92627
1997—#2,82327
1996—#2,33234
1995—#2,50030
1994—#2,08239
1993—#1,93342
1992—#1,77847
1991—#1,89541
1990—#1,70247
1989—#2,02735
1988—#1,81537
1987—#1,56345
1986—#2,09627
1985—#1,54442
1984—#1,26553
1983—#1,17859
1982—#1,14064
1981—#1,18860
1980—#1,11166
1979—#1,07768
1978—#1,17058
1977—#98176
1976—#99869
1975—#95374
1974—#92377
1973—#1,02362
1972—#88583
1971—#84892
1970—#82695
1969—#706123
1968—#81882
1967—#74298
1966—#692115
1965—#640137
1964—#644146
1963—#704121
1962—#671134
1961—#615167
1960—#606167
1959—#613159
1958—#653139
1957—#644142
1956—#571177
1955—#559174
1954—#534184
1953—#537176
1952—#466227
1951—#447228
1950—#459208
1949—#427253
1948—#428243
1947—#431250
1946—#401255
1945—#385240
1944—#375256
1943—#355299
1942—#370272
1941—#369252
1940—#367241
1939—#356247
1938—#363235
1937—#339257
1936—#333271
1935—#339263
1934—#326274
1933—#338248
1932—#325284
1931—#326284
1930—#349262
1929—#360248
1928#4,7255#322302
1927—#322319
1926—#328306
1925—#329308
1924—#327314
1923—#308341
1922—#301358
1921—#311347
1920—#297361
1919—#282355
1918—#285359
1917—#280340
1916—#291316
1915—#276318
1914—#288241
1913—#317160
1912—#321134
1911—#32869
1910—#32657
1909—#28562
1908—#31648
1907—#36637
1906—#44325
1905—#45224
1904—#36830
1903—#61913
1902—#44022
1901—#55913
1900—#51821
1899—#45717
1898—#52316
1897—#61512
1896—#72210
1895—#49117
1894—#48017
1893—#50914
1892—#42220
1891—#45615
1890—#32229
1889—#31830
1888—#20472
1887—#46114
1886—#51213
1885—#7008
1884—#7018
1883—#7996
1882—#6918
1881—#7816
1880—#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Thurman was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2024–2025, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Thurman is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Thurman
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 257 spots in 1888 (#461 → #204)
  • Biggest drop: 231 spots in 1896 (#491 → #722)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #204 (72 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 97 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 97 yrs · run 1880–1972
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,679
  • Highest: 1 in 1,679 boys born in 1888 were named Thurman (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.5% of all boys named Thurman (3,204) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s173#204 (1888)#585
1890s167#322 (1890)#500
1900s295#285 (1909)#437
1910s2,349#276 (1915)#299
1920s3,204#297 (1920)#321
1930s2,625#325 (1932)#339
1940s2,561#355 (1943)#391
1950s1,814#447 (1951)#548
1960s1,290#606 (1960)#684
1970s754#826 (1970)#968
1980s488#1,111 (1980)#1,493
1990s361#1,702 (1990)#2,300
2000s172#3,423 (2000)#5,082
2010s101#5,124 (2016)#7,871
2020s38#7,289 (2023)#9,772

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.

Thurman in 1886

boys
#512
13 births · 1 in 8,522 boys

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #512Thurman13
More about 1886

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 8,522 of them was named Thurman, which outranked 53.9% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thurman
  1. #491Tracy14
  2. #491Truman14
  3. #491Wilber14
  4. #512Thurman13
  5. #512Angelo13
  6. #512Aron13
  7. #512Augustine13
  8. #540Albin12
  9. #540Antone12
  10. #540Artie12

Tied with 27 names at #512; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 505Thornton#936 → #431
  2. ↑ 485Oswald#936 → #451
  3. ↑ 445Evans#936 → #491
  4. ↑ 396Grace#936 → #540
  5. ↑ 385Abel#836 → #451
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Adelbert#462 → #959
  2. ↓ 438Carey#521 → #959
  3. ↓ 412Santiago#547 → #959
  4. ↓ 382Brooks#577 → #959
  5. ↓ 355Alma#604 → #959

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1886 →