Boys' name · since 1916
Thoburn
Since 1916, U.S. Social Security records show 18 babies named Thoburn, peaking in 1921. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,900 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Thoburn sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 18 recorded since 1916.
Thoburn has 18 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1921.
- #29,900 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 18 born since 1916
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thoburn ranks #29,900 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1916, peaking in the 1910s.
- #29,900 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 18
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Thoburn's 18 recorded births place it above 34.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Thoburn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Thoburn's full recorded timeline at 1918, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Thoburn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1921
- Peak year (1921)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Thoburn by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (11 births, 61% of the file).
1910s was Thoburn's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Thoburn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 11 births (61% of all-time use).
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- Thoburn's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1920s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Thoburn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~5 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, 1916–1921 (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 Thoburn 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.