Turhan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Turhan

The Social Security Administration has registered 277 babies named Turhan between 1944 and 2021, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Turhan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Turhan performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Turhan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Turhan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Turhan 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 277 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.