Thurman

Where Thurman comes from

Thurman hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1888
    Peak, #204
    72 babies named Thurman — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #318.
  4. 1947
    Thurman Munson born
    American baseball player
  5. 1966
    Thurman Thomas born
    All-American college football player, professional football player, running back, College Football Hall of Fame member, Pro Football Hall of Fame member
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Thurman Munson · American baseball player, 1947–1979
  • Thurman Thomas · All-American college football player, professional football player, running back, College Football Hall of Fame member, Pro Football Hall of Fame member, born 1966
  • Thurman Barker · American jazz drummer, born 1948
  • Thurman Arnold · American judge, 1891–1969
  • Thurman C. Crook · American politician, 1891–1981

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.