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 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
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1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 41,489 of them was named Thurman, which outranked 80.8% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,534Turner46
- #1,534Vanessa46
- #1,534Vidal46
- #1,563Thurman45
- #1,563Barron45
- #1,563Breon45
- #1,563Brook45
- #1,587Ace44
- #1,587Armond44
- #1,587Blaze44
Tied with 23 names at #1,563; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.