Furman — boys' name

What the Data Says About Furman

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,758 babies named Furman between 1881 and 1999, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Furman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 73 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Furman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 512 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Furman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 1,227 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Furman in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Furman in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,758 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.