Thurman
Thurman is an English surname and a masculine given name. It may refer to:
Meaning & Origin of Thurman
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Thurman is an English surname and a masculine given name. It may refer to:
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The Story of Thurman
The earliest SSA record of Thurman as a baby boy name dates back to 1880, when 8 babies received it. 1920 was its biggest year on record, with 361 newborns named Thurman — #297 in the national rankings. About 20% of every Thurman on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Thurman last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Thurman
Thurman is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 16K births in the dataset. Thurman's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #297. Use the chart and map above to compare Thurman's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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