Thurmond
- Last seen for boys in 2016 at #12,185
- Peak · boys
- 1948 · 30 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,002since 1909
Thurmond over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Thurmond has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #1,611 | 23 |
| 1954 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #1,677 | 21 |
| 1952 | #1,485 | 26 |
| 1951 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1950 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1949 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1948 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1947 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | #1,642 | 19 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #1,821 | 15 |
| 1940 | #1,573 | 19 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #1,651 | 19 |
| 1931 | #1,927 | 15 |
| 1930 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | #2,452 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1927 | #1,748 | 20 |
| 1926 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1923 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #2,059 | 16 |
| 1920 | #1,966 | 17 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #2,188 | 13 |
| 1916 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,092 | 8 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1909
The first year at least five boys were named Thurmond! It came in at #1,440, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Thurmond is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Thurmond in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
Rise & fade · boys
39 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1948 at #1,323 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 32,281
- Highest: 1 in 32,281 boys born in 1911 were named Thurmond (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,548 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,323 in 1948, was only 1 in 58,487 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 18.8% of all boys named Thurmond (188) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 77 | #1,387 (1911) | #2,428 |
| 1920s | 146 | #1,748 (1927) | #2,222 |
| 1930s | 145 | #1,613 (1938) | #1,918 |
| 1940s | 185 | #1,323 (1948) | #1,727 |
| 1950s | 188 | #1,407 (1951) | #1,949 |
| 1960s | 109 | #1,962 (1962) | #2,654 |
| 1970s | 73 | #2,973 (1971) | #4,020 |
| 1980s | 59 | #4,509 (1981) | #5,643 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,117 (1990) | #8,117 |
| 2000s | 5 | #10,349 (2000) | #10,349 |
| 2010s | 5 | #12,185 (2016) | #12,185 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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