Thurston — #7744 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Thurston

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,497 babies named Thurston between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thurston currently holds the #7744 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 73 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thurston performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 542 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Thurston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 267 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Thurston in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thurston 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 3,497 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.