How Many People Are Named Thurman?
people named Thurman are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 61,120 people in the US has this name
Based on 16,397 babies named Thurman in Social Security records from 1880 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
361 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Thurman in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Thurman alive today is about 62 years old, and 62% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 50 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Thurman first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 361 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Thurman has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #205, in 1888.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #205 (1888) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #318 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Thurman alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Thurman were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 768 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Thurman was given 5.8 times as often in North Carolina, 4.3 times in Arkansas and 3.4 times in Tennessee.
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