Thurman — #12313 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Thurman

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,391 babies named Thurman between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thurman currently holds the #12313 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 361 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thurman performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 3,204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Thurman shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 2,244 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Thurman in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thurman 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 16,391 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.