Thurmond — boys' name

What the Data Says About Thurmond

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,002 babies named Thurmond between 1909 and 2016, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thurmond currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thurmond performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 188 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Thurmond shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 94 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Thurmond in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thurmond 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 1,002 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.