Thelman — boys' name
7 babies named Thelman in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Thelman was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Thelman in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Thelman
The Social Security Administration has registered 7 babies named Thelman between 1922 and 1922, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thelman currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1922. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Thelman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Thelman in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Thelman 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 7 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.
Thelman at a glance
Last recorded 1922Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Thelman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1922
- Peak year (1922)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1922.
7 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 7 births in a single year.
Thelman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 7 births that decade — 100% of Thelman's all-time total
Thelman decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Thelman's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Thelman by state
Where Thelman concentrates geographically — total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 71.4% |
5 of 7 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 71.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 71.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1922–1922 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.