Thurman
Thurman was last recorded in 2024, when 5 babies were given it; 16,397 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,430 Americans named Thurman and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (33% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 50 and 77.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Thurman by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Thurman?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #14,038, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
361 babies in 1920, the peak
Thurman peaked in 1920, when 361 boys were given it, #297 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #14,038 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,678 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 5 | #14,119 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 8 | #9,602 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,655 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,807 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,748 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 7 | #10,657 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,290 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,447 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 | #10,600 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 8 | #9,569 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,789 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,999 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,658 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 10 | #8,243 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,459 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,874 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,865 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,614 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,982 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,960 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 12 | #6,038 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,604 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,520 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,091 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 27 | #3,006 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,892 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,373 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,545 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,115 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 42 | #1,961 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 47 | #1,796 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 41 | #1,908 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 47 | #1,720 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,060 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,839 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 45 | #1,583 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,150 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 42 | #1,564 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 53 | #1,277 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 59 | #1,189 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,147 | 0.04 |
| 1981 | 60 | #1,197 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 66 | #1,123 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 68 | #1,086 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 58 | #1,175 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 76 | #988 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 69 | #1,003 | 0.04 |
| 1975 | 74 | #960 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 77 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 62 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 83 | #886 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 92 | #856 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 95 | #829 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 123 | #706 | 0.07 |
| 1968 | 82 | #820 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 98 | #750 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 115 | #693 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 137 | #641 | 0.07 |
| 1964 | 146 | #646 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 121 | #712 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 134 | #673 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 167 | #615 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 167 | #606 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 159 | #614 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 139 | #652 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 142 | #645 | 0.07 |
| 1956 | 177 | #570 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 174 | #559 | 0.08 |
| 1954 | 184 | #534 | 0.09 |
| 1953 | 176 | #538 | 0.09 |
| 1952 | 227 | #465 | 0.12 |
| 1951 | 228 | #446 | 0.12 |
| 1950 | 208 | #461 | 0.12 |
| 1949 | 253 | #426 | 0.14 |
| 1948 | 243 | #428 | 0.14 |
| 1947 | 250 | #432 | 0.14 |
| 1946 | 255 | #401 | 0.16 |
| 1945 | 240 | #386 | 0.18 |
| 1944 | 256 | #375 | 0.19 |
| 1943 | 299 | #355 | 0.21 |
| 1942 | 272 | #370 | 0.20 |
| 1941 | 252 | #369 | 0.21 |
| 1940 | 241 | #368 | 0.21 |
| 1939 | 247 | #356 | 0.22 |
| 1938 | 235 | #365 | 0.21 |
| 1937 | 257 | #340 | 0.24 |
| 1936 | 271 | #334 | 0.26 |
| 1935 | 263 | #339 | 0.25 |
| 1934 | 274 | #326 | 0.27 |
| 1933 | 248 | #339 | 0.25 |
| 1932 | 284 | #326 | 0.27 |
| 1931 | 284 | #326 | 0.27 |
| 1930 | 262 | #350 | 0.24 |
| 1929 | 248 | #361 | 0.23 |
| 1928 | 302 | #322 | 0.27 |
| 1927 | 319 | #323 | 0.28 |
| 1926 | 306 | #329 | 0.28 |
| 1925 | 308 | #329 | 0.28 |
| 1924 | 314 | #327 | 0.28 |
| 1923 | 341 | #309 | 0.31 |
| 1922 | 358 | #301 | 0.33 |
| 1921 | 347 | #311 | 0.32 |
| 1920 | 361 | #297 | 0.34 |
| 1919 | 355 | #285 | 0.36 |
| 1918 | 359 | #286 | 0.35 |
| 1917 | 340 | #280 | 0.37 |
| 1916 | 316 | #291 | 0.36 |
| 1915 | 318 | #276 | 0.37 |
| 1914 | 241 | #289 | 0.37 |
| 1913 | 160 | #318 | 0.31 |
| 1912 | 134 | #325 | 0.31 |
| 1911 | 69 | #332 | 0.31 |
| 1910 | 57 | #328 | 0.29 |
| 1909 | 62 | #288 | 0.38 |
| 1908 | 48 | #325 | 0.31 |
| 1907 | 37 | #374 | 0.25 |
| 1906 | 25 | #454 | 0.19 |
| 1905 | 24 | #461 | 0.18 |
| 1904 | 30 | #378 | 0.23 |
| 1903 | 13 | #654 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 22 | #458 | 0.18 |
| 1901 | 13 | #591 | 0.12 |
| 1900 | 21 | #533 | 0.14 |
| 1899 | 17 | #479 | 0.16 |
| 1898 | 16 | #539 | 0.13 |
| 1897 | 12 | #645 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 10 | #774 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 17 | #500 | 0.14 |
| 1894 | 17 | #498 | 0.15 |
| 1893 | 14 | #534 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 20 | #443 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 15 | #472 | 0.15 |
| 1890 | 29 | #326 | 0.26 |
| 1889 | 30 | #321 | 0.27 |
| 1888 | 72 | #205 | 0.60 |
| 1887 | 14 | #485 | 0.14 |
| 1886 | 13 | #535 | 0.12 |
| 1885 | 8 | #760 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 8 | #751 | 0.07 |
| 1883 | 6 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 8 | #746 | 0.07 |
| 1881 | 6 | #855 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 8 | #740 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Thurman a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Thurman has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 145 years of records.
Girls and boys named Thurman: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Thurman, and how old are they?
5,430 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 33% of the 16,397 Americans ever recorded as Thurman. The median Thurman alive today is 66 years old; half are between 50 and 77.
The 2020 Census counted 5,342 people named Thurman (24 women and girls, 5,318 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,594 born in the U.S. The Census count is 19% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 902 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,270 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,200 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 665 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 280 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 106 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Thurman born?
The states with the most babies named Thurman are North Carolina, Texas and Tennessee, with 39% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Tennessee is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 2,244 | not ranked | 4.5× |
| Texas | 1,636 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Tennessee | 982 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Virginia | 908 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Kentucky | 812 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| Arkansas | 807 | not ranked | 3.3× |
| Oklahoma | 726 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| West Virginia | 533 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Alabama | 510 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Ohio | 502 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Thurman is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Thurman is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 4.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Thurman with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 17,450 babies since 1880, Thurman is the most given (94% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Thurman
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Thurman and names like it
- Compare Thurman and ThurmonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sThurman peaked in 1920.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Thurman since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Thurman.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Thurman alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with TMost given first.