Furman
Furman was last recorded in 1999, when 7 babies were given it; 2,758 Americans have been recorded with it between 1881 and 1999 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Furman by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Furman?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #8,140, in 1999; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
73 babies in 1918, the peak
Furman peaked in 1918, when 73 boys were given it, #756 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7 | #8,140 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,778 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,582 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,773 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,762 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,659 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,366 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 8 | #5,111 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,509 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,825 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (106)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 9 | #4,260 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,212 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,271 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,257 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,897 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,117 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,449 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,512 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,651 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,910 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,223 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,400 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,955 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,929 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,914 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,776 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,839 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,687 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,672 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 17 | #1,992 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 23 | #1,682 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,304 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 26 | #1,598 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 38 | #1,268 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,288 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 22 | #1,728 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 26 | #1,547 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,320 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 39 | #1,205 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,314 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,302 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,057 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 40 | #1,128 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,117 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,303 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 41 | #1,138 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 55 | #893 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,282 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 46 | #955 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 45 | #1,001 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 43 | #1,029 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 38 | #1,058 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,023 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 40 | #1,011 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,032 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,025 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 53 | #839 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,082 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,010 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 57 | #823 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 50 | #919 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,083 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 63 | #816 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 39 | #1,119 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 52 | #941 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,047 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 39 | #1,149 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 49 | #976 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 60 | #901 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 50 | #987 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 65 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 66 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,005 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 54 | #911 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 73 | #756 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,095 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 51 | #884 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 39 | #1,026 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 41 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,153 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 27 | #864 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 16 | #841 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 13 | #888 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 15 | #731 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 10 | #906 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,033 | 0.05 |
| 1906 | 8 | #959 | 0.06 |
| 1905 | 10 | #809 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 9 | #834 | 0.07 |
| 1903 | 7 | #949 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 12 | #663 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 22 | #496 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 9 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,051 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 7 | #882 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 10 | #745 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,015 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,001 | 0.05 |
| 1892 | 7 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 7 | #836 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 10 | #667 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 8 | #706 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 8 | #719 | 0.07 |
| 1883 | 7 | #755 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 11 | #588 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 7 | #736 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Furman a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Furman has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 106 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Furman: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Furman, and how old are they?
An estimated 849 Americans named Furman and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (31% of everyone recorded); the median is 68 years old and half are between 56 and 77. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 937 people named Furman (5 women and girls, 932 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,050 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Furman born?
The states with the most babies named Furman are South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia, with 99% of its births recorded by state since 1910; South Carolina is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 1,227 | not ranked | 25.3× |
| North Carolina | 324 | not ranked | 4.0× |
| Georgia | 27 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | not ranked | 0.0× |
| District of Columbia | 5 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Furman is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Furman is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 25.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Furman with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Furman
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Furman and names like it
- Compare Furman and EarnestBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sFurman peaked in 1918.
- South Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Furman since 1910.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Furman.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Furman alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with FMost given first.