Thurmond
Thurmond is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 194830 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1909
- 1,002people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,002 boys have been named Thurmond in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1948, with 30 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 30 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1947, and the 1950s alone account for 19%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Thurmond | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 77 | |
| 1920s | 146 | |
| 1930s | 145 | |
| 1940s | 185 | |
| 1950s | 188 | |
| 1960s | 109 | |
| 1970s | 73 | |
| 1980s | 59 | |
| 1990s | 5 | |
| 2000s | 5 | |
| 2010s | 5 |
In 1948, its biggest year
Thurmond was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1948 were James, Robert, John, William and David. See all of 1948.
Names that rose and fell with Thurmond
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Harrellpeak 1947
- Cleophuspeak 1947
- Glynnpeak 1950
- Ozellpeak 1937
- Rayfordpeak 1937
- Lenwoodpeak 1949
- Percellpeak 1953
- Norvellpeak 1941
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.