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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Thurmond

Thurmond was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1948, when it ranked 1345th with 30 babies. More babies were named Thurmond in the 1950s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
194830 babies
Total since 1880
1,002babies recorded

Thurmond popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#11,9745
1990#9,3715
1980#5,4727
1970#3,26410
1960#2,30614
1950#1,46126
1940#1,62119
1930#1,95316
1920#2,04417
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Thurmond, counting every spelling?

Thurmond has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Thurmond?

About 400 people born in the US named Thurmond are alive today, with a median age of 66; half are between 54 and 76. That makes Thurmond a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Thurmond by state

How common Thurmond was among boys born in each state in 1946–1950, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in South Carolina (20.0×). In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNC0.04South Carolina: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesSC0.28District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Thurmond, boys, 1946–1950. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Thurmond: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Thurmond, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Thurmond

How popular is the name Thurmond?

Thurmond was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1948, when it ranked 1345th with 30 babies. More babies were named Thurmond in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Thurmond a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 0 girls and 1,002 boys.

Where was Thurmond most popular?

In 1946–1950, Thurmond was most common in South Carolina (0.28 per 1,000 boys), followed by North Carolina and Georgia.