Thurman is an established boys' name that peaked in 1920 and has since faded.
Thurman is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Thurman was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1920 (361 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | — | #14,043 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,683 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | — | #14,125 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,607 |
| 2020 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,660 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,812 |
| 2018 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,753 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,662 |
| 2016 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,294 |
| 2015 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,452 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,606 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,574 |
| 2012 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,795 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,006 |
| 2010 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,664 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,248 |
| 2008 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,464 |
| 2007 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,877 |
| 2006 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,870 |
| 2005 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,619 |
| 2004 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,987 |
| 2003 | 22 | 22 | — | #3,965 |
| 2002 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,045 |
| 2001 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,609 |
| 2000 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,526 |
| 1999 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,095 |
| 1998 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,009 |
| 1997 | 27 | — | — | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 34 | — | — | #2,378 |
| 1995 | 30 | — | — | #2,550 |
| 1994 | 39 | — | — | #2,120 |
| 1993 | 42 | — | — | #1,966 |
| 1992 | 47 | — | — | #1,801 |
| 1991 | 41 | — | — | #1,914 |
| 1990 | 47 | — | — | #1,725 |
| 1989 | 35 | — | — | #2,066 |
| 1988 | 37 | — | — | #1,844 |
| 1987 | 45 | — | — | #1,585 |
| 1986 | 27 | — | — | #2,152 |
| 1985 | 42 | — | — | #1,565 |
| 1984 | 53 | — | — | #1,278 |
| 1983 | 59 | — | — | #1,189 |
| 1982 | 64 | — | — | #1,147 |
| 1981 | 60 | — | — | #1,197 |
| 1980 | 66 | — | — | #1,123 |
| 1979 | 68 | — | — | #1,086 |
| 1978 | 58 | — | — | #1,175 |
| 1977 | 76 | — | — | #988 |
| 1976 | 69 | — | — | #1,003 |
| 1975 | 74 | — | — | #960 |
| 1974 | 77 | — | — | #934 |
| 1973 | 62 | — | — | #1,034 |
| 1972 | 83 | — | — | #886 |
| 1971 | 92 | — | — | #856 |
| 1970 | 95 | — | — | #829 |
| 1969 | 123 | — | — | #706 |
| 1968 | 82 | — | — | #820 |
| 1967 | 98 | — | — | #750 |
| 1966 | 115 | — | — | #693 |
| 1965 | 137 | — | — | #641 |
| 1964 | 146 | — | — | #646 |
| 1963 | 121 | — | — | #712 |
| 1962 | 134 | — | — | #673 |
| 1961 | 167 | — | — | #616 |
| 1960 | 167 | — | — | #607 |
| 1959 | 159 | — | — | #615 |
| 1958 | 139 | — | — | #653 |
| 1957 | 142 | — | — | #646 |
| 1956 | 177 | — | — | #571 |
| 1955 | 174 | — | — | #560 |
| 1954 | 184 | — | — | #535 |
| 1953 | 176 | — | — | #539 |
| 1952 | 227 | — | — | #466 |
| 1951 | 228 | — | — | #447 |
| 1950 | 208 | — | — | #462 |
| 1949 | 253 | — | — | #427 |
| 1948 | 243 | — | — | #428 |
| 1947 | 250 | — | — | #432 |
| 1946 | 255 | — | — | #401 |
| 1945 | 240 | — | — | #386 |
| 1944 | 256 | — | — | #375 |
| 1943 | 299 | — | — | #355 |
| 1942 | 272 | — | — | #370 |
| 1941 | 252 | — | — | #369 |
| 1940 | 241 | — | — | #368 |
| 1939 | 247 | — | — | #356 |
| 1938 | 235 | — | — | #365 |
| 1937 | 257 | — | — | #340 |
| 1936 | 271 | — | — | #334 |
| 1935 | 263 | — | — | #339 |
| 1934 | 274 | — | — | #326 |
| 1933 | 248 | — | — | #339 |
| 1932 | 284 | — | — | #326 |
| 1931 | 284 | — | — | #326 |
| 1930 | 262 | — | — | #350 |
| 1929 | 248 | — | — | #361 |
| 1928 | 307 | — | #5,361 | #322 |
| 1927 | 319 | — | — | #323 |
| 1926 | 306 | — | — | #329 |
| 1925 | 308 | — | — | #329 |
| 1924 | 314 | — | — | #327 |
| 1923 | 341 | — | — | #309 |
| 1922 | 358 | — | — | #301 |
| 1921 | 347 | — | — | #311 |
| 1920 | 361 | — | — | #297 |
| 1919 | 355 | — | — | #285 |
| 1918 | 359 | — | — | #286 |
| 1917 | 340 | — | — | #280 |
| 1916 | 316 | — | — | #291 |
| 1915 | 318 | — | — | #276 |
| 1914 | 241 | — | — | #289 |
| 1913 | 160 | — | — | #318 |
| 1912 | 134 | — | — | #325 |
| 1911 | 69 | — | — | #332 |
| 1910 | 57 | — | — | #328 |
| 1909 | 62 | — | — | #288 |
| 1908 | 48 | — | — | #325 |
| 1907 | 37 | — | — | #374 |
| 1906 | 25 | — | — | #454 |
| 1905 | 24 | — | — | #461 |
| 1904 | 30 | — | — | #378 |
| 1903 | 13 | — | — | #654 |
| 1902 | 22 | — | — | #458 |
| 1901 | 13 | — | — | #591 |
| 1900 | 21 | — | — | #533 |
| 1899 | 17 | — | — | #479 |
| 1898 | 16 | — | — | #539 |
| 1897 | 12 | — | — | #645 |
| 1896 | 10 | — | — | #774 |
| 1895 | 17 | — | — | #500 |
| 1894 | 17 | — | — | #498 |
| 1893 | 14 | — | — | #534 |
| 1892 | 20 | — | — | #443 |
| 1891 | 15 | — | — | #472 |
| 1890 | 29 | — | — | #326 |
| 1889 | 30 | — | — | #321 |
| 1888 | 72 | — | — | #205 |
| 1887 | 14 | — | — | #485 |
| 1886 | 13 | — | — | #535 |
| 1885 | 8 | — | — | #760 |
| 1884 | 8 | — | — | #751 |
| 1883 | 6 | — | — | #877 |
| 1882 | 8 | — | — | #746 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | — | #856 |
| 1880 | 8 | — | — | #740 |