Baby name

Thurman

Boy

Classic name

The high point came in 1920, with 361 births and the No. 297 spot that year. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 145 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

16,392births since 1880

1920sgeneration

No. 297rank at its peak, in 1920

Where babies named Thurman are born

1920

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The darker the blue, the more common Thurman is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Thurman is most common in North Carolina (6.4 times), Arkansas (5.4) and Oklahoma (4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Therman 1,885
Thurmon 1,053

Names from the same era

Russel · Wilmer · Hiram · Weldon · Emory · Kermit

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