How Many People Are Named Furman?
people named Furman are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 390,165 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,758 babies named Furman in Social Security records from 1881 to 1999, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
73 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Furman in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Furman alive today is about 65 years old, and 68% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Furman first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 1918, to 73 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1999.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 1999
🏆 Rank History
Furman has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #496, in 1900.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #496 (1900) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #975 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Furman alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Furman were born in South Carolina than in any other state: about 355 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Furman was given 42.5 times as often in South Carolina and 6.5 times in North Carolina.
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