first name
THURMAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,342 people named Thurman, 56.2% reported their origin as White, 36% as Black and 3.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Thurman peaked in 1920, when 361 babies got the name.
At least 16,397 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Thurman by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #650. The largest share of babies named Thurman, 32.2%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Thurman is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Thurman has been most common in North Carolina (6.3×), Arkansas (6×), and West Virginia (4.6×), and least common in New York (0.06×).
12,315 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Thurman
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Thurman, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Thurman ranks #1,575 of 156,621, with 22,239 people. See Thurman as a last name
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