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
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 72 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,392since 1880
Thurman over time
Rank among boys' names. Thurman has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #12,349 | 5 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,289 | 11 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,124 | 18 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,066 | 11 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,359 | 13 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,661 | 15 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,464 | 19 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,793 | 17 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,838 | 22 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,725 | 12 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,512 | 24 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,423 | 24 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,031 | 27 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,926 | 27 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,823 | 27 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,332 | 34 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,500 | 30 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,082 | 39 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,933 | 42 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,778 | 47 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,895 | 41 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,702 | 47 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,027 | 35 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,815 | 37 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,563 | 45 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,096 | 27 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,544 | 42 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,265 | 53 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,178 | 59 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,140 | 64 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,188 | 60 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,111 | 66 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,077 | 68 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,170 | 58 | |
| 1977 | — | #981 | 76 | |
| 1976 | — | #998 | 69 | |
| 1975 | — | #953 | 74 | |
| 1974 | — | #923 | 77 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,023 | 62 | |
| 1972 | — | #885 | 83 | |
| 1971 | — | #848 | 92 | |
| 1970 | — | #826 | 95 | |
| 1969 | — | #706 | 123 | |
| 1968 | — | #818 | 82 | |
| 1967 | — | #742 | 98 | |
| 1966 | — | #692 | 115 | |
| 1965 | — | #640 | 137 | |
| 1964 | — | #644 | 146 | |
| 1963 | — | #704 | 121 | |
| 1962 | — | #671 | 134 | |
| 1961 | — | #615 | 167 | |
| 1960 | — | #606 | 167 | |
| 1959 | — | #613 | 159 | |
| 1958 | — | #653 | 139 | |
| 1957 | — | #644 | 142 | |
| 1956 | — | #571 | 177 | |
| 1955 | — | #559 | 174 | |
| 1954 | — | #534 | 184 | |
| 1953 | — | #537 | 176 | |
| 1952 | — | #466 | 227 | |
| 1951 | — | #447 | 228 | |
| 1950 | — | #459 | 208 | |
| 1949 | — | #427 | 253 | |
| 1948 | — | #428 | 243 | |
| 1947 | — | #431 | 250 | |
| 1946 | — | #401 | 255 | |
| 1945 | — | #385 | 240 | |
| 1944 | — | #375 | 256 | |
| 1943 | — | #355 | 299 | |
| 1942 | — | #370 | 272 | |
| 1941 | — | #369 | 252 | |
| 1940 | — | #367 | 241 | |
| 1939 | — | #356 | 247 | |
| 1938 | — | #363 | 235 | |
| 1937 | — | #339 | 257 | |
| 1936 | — | #333 | 271 | |
| 1935 | — | #339 | 263 | |
| 1934 | — | #326 | 274 | |
| 1933 | — | #338 | 248 | |
| 1932 | — | #325 | 284 | |
| 1931 | — | #326 | 284 | |
| 1930 | — | #349 | 262 | |
| 1929 | — | #360 | 248 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #322 | 302 |
| 1927 | — | #322 | 319 | |
| 1926 | — | #328 | 306 | |
| 1925 | — | #329 | 308 | |
| 1924 | — | #327 | 314 | |
| 1923 | — | #308 | 341 | |
| 1922 | — | #301 | 358 | |
| 1921 | — | #311 | 347 | |
| 1920 | — | #297 | 361 | |
| 1919 | — | #282 | 355 | |
| 1918 | — | #285 | 359 | |
| 1917 | — | #280 | 340 | |
| 1916 | — | #291 | 316 | |
| 1915 | — | #276 | 318 | |
| 1914 | — | #288 | 241 | |
| 1913 | — | #317 | 160 | |
| 1912 | — | #321 | 134 | |
| 1911 | — | #328 | 69 | |
| 1910 | — | #326 | 57 | |
| 1909 | — | #285 | 62 | |
| 1908 | — | #316 | 48 | |
| 1907 | — | #366 | 37 | |
| 1906 | — | #443 | 25 | |
| 1905 | — | #452 | 24 | |
| 1904 | — | #368 | 30 | |
| 1903 | — | #619 | 13 | |
| 1902 | — | #440 | 22 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #518 | 21 | |
| 1899 | — | #457 | 17 | |
| 1898 | — | #523 | 16 | |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #491 | 17 | |
| 1894 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1893 | — | #509 | 14 | |
| 1892 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1891 | — | #456 | 15 | |
| 1890 | — | #322 | 29 | |
| 1889 | — | #318 | 30 | |
| 1888 | — | #204 | 72 | |
| 1887 | — | #461 | 14 | |
| 1886 | — | #512 | 13 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
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.
See more about Thurman
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 257 spots in 1888 (#461 → #204)
- Biggest drop: 231 spots in 1896 (#491 → #722)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #204 (72 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 97 yrs · run 1880–1972
- 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%)
- 19.5% of all boys named Thurman (3,204) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 173 | #204 (1888) | #585 |
| 1890s | 167 | #322 (1890) | #500 |
| 1900s | 295 | #285 (1909) | #437 |
| 1910s | 2,349 | #276 (1915) | #299 |
| 1920s | 3,204 | #297 (1920) | #321 |
| 1930s | 2,625 | #325 (1932) | #339 |
| 1940s | 2,561 | #355 (1943) | #391 |
| 1950s | 1,814 | #447 (1951) | #548 |
| 1960s | 1,290 | #606 (1960) | #684 |
| 1970s | 754 | #826 (1970) | #968 |
| 1980s | 488 | #1,111 (1980) | #1,493 |
| 1990s | 361 | #1,702 (1990) | #2,300 |
| 2000s | 172 | #3,423 (2000) | #5,082 |
| 2010s | 101 | #5,124 (2016) | #7,871 |
| 2020s | 38 | #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 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 230,664 of them was named Thurman, which outranked 13.1% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 715 names at #4,725; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 3,668 of them was named Thurman, which outranked 93.2% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.