Boys' name · since 1914
Hurman
Hurman has 203 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1923 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,860 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 203
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Hurman is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 203 have been recorded since 1914.
Hurman has 203 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1950.
- #12,860 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 203 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hurman ranks #12,860 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 203 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #12,860 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 203
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Hurman's 203 recorded births place it above 71.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hurman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hurman's SSA record in two at 1928 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1917, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1923 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hurman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1950
- Peak year (1923)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Hurman by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (89 births, 44% of the file).
1920s was Hurman's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Hurman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 35
1910s
35 births
- 1920s
1920s
89 births
- 1930s
1930s
43 births
- 1940s 30
1940s
30 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 89 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Hurman's decade-level peak was the 1920s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hurman: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~36 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–1950 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hurman draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.