Thurston

#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births

Peak · boys
#667
1913 · 45 births
Debut · boys
1884
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,501
since 1884

Thurston over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Thurston has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #667, 1913boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#12,0085
2024#7,76510
2023#8,9218
2022#8,3009
2021#6,33513
2020#7,03411
2019#6,77712
2018#9,6707
2017#7,09511
2016#5,55516
2015#4,89019
2014#5,73315
2013#4,06424
2012#5,48216
2011#3,69528
2010#4,09924
2009#5,10218
2008#4,26723
2007#4,49321
2006#4,37021
2005#4,32620
2004#4,60218
2003#5,03515
2002#6,08811
2001#5,39013
2000#5,29713
1999#4,53715
1998#5,84010
1997#3,87717
1996#4,18515
1995#3,85416
1994#4,29014
1993#4,02015
1992#2,90923
1991#2,40629
1990#4,99310
1989#2,61524
1988#2,19728
1987#2,46822
1986#2,51021
1985#2,42721
1984#2,09825
1983#2,14024
1982#2,34121
1981#1,99627
1980#1,85230
1979#1,86729
1978#2,01224
1977#2,55617
1976#1,99924
1975#2,28819
1974#1,54632
1973#1,51432
1972#1,81924
1971#1,30941
1970#1,49432
1969#1,57027
1968#1,36632
1967#1,54025
1966#1,68421
1965#1,40530
1964#1,40831
1963#1,42630
1962#1,34134
1961#1,40632
1960#1,35934
1959#1,36033
1958#1,11447
1957#1,25039
1956#1,23238
1955#1,41929
1954#1,52525
1953#1,45527
1952#1,34731
1951#1,12341
1950#1,36428
1949#1,06344
1948#1,23134
1947#1,19037
1946#1,11139
1945#89950
1944#1,00442
1943#1,28029
1942#1,29829
1941#1,12934
1940#1,15633
1939#1,14132
1938#1,19930
1937#1,01639
1936#1,27127
1935#1,12334
1934#1,05938
1933#1,05138
1932#1,21631
1931#99744
1930#1,02145
1929#1,12938
1928#93852
1927#1,14539
1926#95551
1925#1,02245
1924#82367
1923#91356
1922#94155
1921#80072
1920#81667
1919#89855
1918#75373
1917#86454
1916#98442
1915#75064
1914#87039
1913#66745
1912#87626
1911#89614
1910#75516
1909#95110
1908#1,1137
1907#1,3455
1906—
1905#8369
1904#8748
1903#9107
1902#8628
1901—
1900#78511
1899—
1898#7449
1897—
1896—
1895#1,0795
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1884#7647
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Thurston! It came in at #764, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1885–1897, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Thurston
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 4,243 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #12,008)
  • 4,974 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #12,008)
  • 7,118 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #12,008)
  • Biggest jump: 209 spots in 1913 (#876 → #667)
  • Biggest drop: 234 spots in 1916 (#750 → #984)
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1913 at #667 (45 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 53 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1909–1924
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,390
  • Highest: 1 in 11,390 boys born in 1913 were named Thurston (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 15.5% of all boys named Thurston (542) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#764 (1884)#764
1890s14#744 (1898)#912
1900s65#785 (1900)#960
1910s428#667 (1913)#831
1920s542#800 (1921)#948
1930s358#997 (1931)#1,109
1940s371#899 (1945)#1,136
1950s338#1,114 (1958)#1,319
1960s296#1,341 (1962)#1,451
1970s274#1,309 (1971)#1,840
1980s243#1,852 (1980)#2,264
1990s164#2,406 (1991)#4,091
2000s173#4,267 (2008)#4,897
2010s172#3,695 (2011)#5,706
2020s56#6,335 (2021)#8,394

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.

Thurston in 1942

boys
#1,298
29 births · 1 in 47,626 boys

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #1,298Thurston29
More about 1942

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 47,626 of them was named Thurston, which outranked 67.9% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thurston
  1. #1,268Smith30
  2. #1,268Vernal30
  3. #1,268Verner30
  4. #1,298Thurston29
  5. #1,298Berton29
  6. #1,298Casper29
  7. #1,298Diego29
  8. #1,316Bernell28
  9. #1,316Brenda28
  10. #1,316Caleb28

Tied with 17 names at #1,298; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,993Macarthur#3,505 → #512
  2. ↑ 1,546Mcarthur#1,903 → #357
  3. ↑ 655Collin#1,588 → #933
  4. ↑ 514Delmas#1,254 → #740
  5. ↑ 390Colin#713 → #323
Fallers
  1. ↓ 525Otho#971 → #1,496
  2. ↓ 440Florian#918 → #1,358
  3. ↓ 421Martha#960 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 407Watson#951 → #1,358
  5. ↓ 371Gaylen#987 → #1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1942 →