Thurston
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1913 · 45 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,501since 1884
Thurston over time
Rank among boys' names. Thurston has never cracked the top 600 here.
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 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #6,777 | 12 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2015 | #4,890 | 19 |
| 2014 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | #4,064 | 24 |
| 2012 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #3,695 | 28 |
| 2010 | #4,099 | 24 |
| 2009 | #5,102 | 18 |
| 2008 | #4,267 | 23 |
| 2007 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | #4,326 | 20 |
| 2004 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #5,297 | 13 |
| 1999 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #4,290 | 14 |
| 1993 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #2,909 | 23 |
| 1991 | #2,406 | 29 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #2,197 | 28 |
| 1987 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | #2,098 | 25 |
| 1983 | #2,140 | 24 |
| 1982 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1981 | #1,996 | 27 |
| 1980 | #1,852 | 30 |
| 1979 | #1,867 | 29 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 24 |
| 1977 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #1,999 | 24 |
| 1975 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #1,546 | 32 |
| 1973 | #1,514 | 32 |
| 1972 | #1,819 | 24 |
| 1971 | #1,309 | 41 |
| 1970 | #1,494 | 32 |
| 1969 | #1,570 | 27 |
| 1968 | #1,366 | 32 |
| 1967 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1966 | #1,684 | 21 |
| 1965 | #1,405 | 30 |
| 1964 | #1,408 | 31 |
| 1963 | #1,426 | 30 |
| 1962 | #1,341 | 34 |
| 1961 | #1,406 | 32 |
| 1960 | #1,359 | 34 |
| 1959 | #1,360 | 33 |
| 1958 | #1,114 | 47 |
| 1957 | #1,250 | 39 |
| 1956 | #1,232 | 38 |
| 1955 | #1,419 | 29 |
| 1954 | #1,525 | 25 |
| 1953 | #1,455 | 27 |
| 1952 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1951 | #1,123 | 41 |
| 1950 | #1,364 | 28 |
| 1949 | #1,063 | 44 |
| 1948 | #1,231 | 34 |
| 1947 | #1,190 | 37 |
| 1946 | #1,111 | 39 |
| 1945 | #899 | 50 |
| 1944 | #1,004 | 42 |
| 1943 | #1,280 | 29 |
| 1942 | #1,298 | 29 |
| 1941 | #1,129 | 34 |
| 1940 | #1,156 | 33 |
| 1939 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1938 | #1,199 | 30 |
| 1937 | #1,016 | 39 |
| 1936 | #1,271 | 27 |
| 1935 | #1,123 | 34 |
| 1934 | #1,059 | 38 |
| 1933 | #1,051 | 38 |
| 1932 | #1,216 | 31 |
| 1931 | #997 | 44 |
| 1930 | #1,021 | 45 |
| 1929 | #1,129 | 38 |
| 1928 | #938 | 52 |
| 1927 | #1,145 | 39 |
| 1926 | #955 | 51 |
| 1925 | #1,022 | 45 |
| 1924 | #823 | 67 |
| 1923 | #913 | 56 |
| 1922 | #941 | 55 |
| 1921 | #800 | 72 |
| 1920 | #816 | 67 |
| 1919 | #898 | 55 |
| 1918 | #753 | 73 |
| 1917 | #864 | 54 |
| 1916 | #984 | 42 |
| 1915 | #750 | 64 |
| 1914 | #870 | 39 |
| 1913 | #667 | 45 |
| 1912 | #876 | 26 |
| 1911 | #896 | 14 |
| 1910 | #755 | 16 |
| 1909 | #951 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #785 | 11 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
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| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Thurston! It came in at #764, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1897, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Thurston is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#412 · 1 in 4,190
Best ever in a state: #227 in Tennessee, 1913.
Show every state
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| North Carolina | #412 | 6 | 1 in 4,190 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Thurston
- 4,243 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #12,008)
- 4,974 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #12,008)
- 7,118 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 209 spots in 1913 (#876 → #667)
- Biggest drop: 234 spots in 1916 (#750 → #984)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1913 at #667 (45 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 53 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1909–1924
- Highest: 1 in 11,390 boys born in 1913 were named Thurston (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 15.5% of all boys named Thurston (542) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #764 (1884) | #764 |
| 1890s | 14 | #744 (1898) | #912 |
| 1900s | 65 | #785 (1900) | #960 |
| 1910s | 428 | #667 (1913) | #831 |
| 1920s | 542 | #800 (1921) | #948 |
| 1930s | 358 | #997 (1931) | #1,109 |
| 1940s | 371 | #899 (1945) | #1,136 |
| 1950s | 338 | #1,114 (1958) | #1,319 |
| 1960s | 296 | #1,341 (1962) | #1,451 |
| 1970s | 274 | #1,309 (1971) | #1,840 |
| 1980s | 243 | #1,852 (1980) | #2,264 |
| 1990s | 164 | #2,406 (1991) | #4,091 |
| 2000s | 173 | #4,267 (2008) | #4,897 |
| 2010s | 172 | #3,695 (2011) | #5,706 |
| 2020s | 56 | #6,335 (2021) | #8,394 |
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.
Thurston in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 21,192 of them was named Thurston, which outranked 78.3% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).