Thurman
Thurman is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 205th, in 1888.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1920361 births
- Best rank
- #205in 1888
- Since 1880
- 16,391people given the name
The story in the numbers
16,391 boys have been named Thurman in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 361 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 361 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1937, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 96 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Thurman | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 173 | |
| 1890s | 167 | |
| 1900s | 295 | |
| 1910s | 2,349 | |
| 1920s | 3,204 | |
| 1930s | 2,624 | |
| 1940s | 2,561 | |
| 1950s | 1,814 | |
| 1960s | 1,290 | |
| 1970s | 754 | |
| 1980s | 488 | |
| 1990s | 361 | |
| 2000s | 172 | |
| 2010s | 101 | |
| 2020s | 38 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Thurman was the 297th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Thurman
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elgiepeak 1918
- Bernardpeak 1924
- Wilbertpeak 1922
- Gilfordpeak 1922
- Ancilpeak 1920
- Wiltonpeak 1924
- Elwinpeak 1923
- Leonardpeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.