Thurmond
Thurmond was last recorded in 2016, when 5 babies were given it; 1,002 Americans have been recorded with it between 1909 and 2016 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Thurmond by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Thurmond?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #13,989, in 2016; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
30 babies in 1948, the peak
Thurmond peaked in 1948, when 30 boys were given it, #1,344 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | #13,989 | 2.6 |
| 2000 | 5 | #11,966 | 2.5 |
| 1990 | 5 | #9,362 | 2.4 |
| 1989 | 8 | #6,174 | 4.0 |
| 1988 | 6 | #7,172 | 3.1 |
| 1987 | 5 | #8,030 | 2.7 |
| 1986 | 6 | #6,647 | 3.3 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,919 | 4.4 |
| 1983 | 6 | #6,147 | 3.3 |
| 1982 | 5 | #7,279 | 2.8 |
Every recorded year (80)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 8 | #4,918 | 4.5 |
| 1980 | 7 | #5,470 | 3.9 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,700 | 3.7 |
| 1977 | 7 | #5,076 | 4.3 |
| 1976 | 5 | #6,418 | 3.2 |
| 1975 | 6 | #5,402 | 3.8 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,541 | 6.4 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,668 | 5.8 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,590 | 5.6 |
| 1971 | 11 | #3,128 | 6.2 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,262 | 5.4 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,569 | 4.5 |
| 1968 | 9 | #3,090 | 5.2 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,524 | 4.0 |
| 1966 | 8 | #3,225 | 4.5 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,767 | 5.4 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,532 | 6.0 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,290 | 6.9 |
| 1962 | 17 | #2,026 | 8.2 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,882 | 4.7 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,305 | 6.6 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,585 | 3.3 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,359 | 6.1 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,268 | 6.5 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,159 | 7.1 |
| 1955 | 23 | #1,642 | 11.2 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,106 | 7.4 |
| 1953 | 21 | #1,705 | 10.6 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,512 | 13.4 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,426 | 14.9 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,460 | 14.5 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,457 | 14.7 |
| 1948 | 30 | #1,344 | 17.1 |
| 1947 | 21 | #1,692 | 11.5 |
| 1946 | 19 | #1,686 | 11.7 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,003 | 9.7 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,726 | 12.5 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,174 | 9.1 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,257 | 8.7 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,893 | 12.2 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,621 | 16.4 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,148 | 10.8 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,683 | 16.2 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,983 | 13.1 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,053 | 12.5 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,917 | 14.4 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,252 | 11.6 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,357 | 11.1 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,706 | 18.2 |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,990 | 14.4 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,953 | 14.6 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,575 | 10.2 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,376 | 11.7 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,791 | 17.7 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,177 | 13.5 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,574 | 10.8 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,888 | 16.8 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,212 | 13.7 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,506 | 7.4 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,142 | 14.5 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,043 | 16.0 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,256 | 14.3 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,744 | 4.9 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,273 | 14.0 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,716 | 11.2 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,054 | 16.5 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,231 | 9.2 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,253 | 15.6 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,521 | 31.0 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,660 | 30.5 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Thurmond a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Thurmond has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 80 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Thurmond: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Thurmond, and how old are they?
An estimated 444 Americans named Thurmond and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (44% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 54 and 76. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 414 people named Thurmond (2 women and girls, 412 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 527 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% 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.
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Thurmond
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 Thurmond and names like it
- Compare Thurmond and CleophusBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sThurmond peaked in 1948.
- South Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Thurmond since 1910.
- The top names of 1948The year the most babies were named Thurmond.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Thurmond alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with TMost given first.