Hurston — boys' name

What the Data Says About Hurston

The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Hurston between 1914 and 1951, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hurston currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1951. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hurston performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Hurston shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hurston 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 47 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.