Thurl — boys' name
295 babies named Thurl in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Thurl was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Thurl in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Thurl
The Social Security Administration has registered 295 babies named Thurl between 1912 and 1967, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thurl currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1967. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Thurl performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Thurl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Thurl in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Thurl 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 295 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.
Thurl at a glance
Last recorded 1967Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Thurl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1912
- Peak year (1924)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1967.
295 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 16 births in a single year.
Thurl by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 108 births that decade — 37% of Thurl's all-time total
Thurl decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Thurl's strongest decade
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Thurl by state
Where Thurl concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indiana | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 295 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Indiana 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Indiana accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1912–1967 (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.