Quick answers about Thurman
How many people are named Thurman?
An estimated 4,955 living Americans are named Thurman.
How rare is Thurman?
Thurman fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Thurman?
The median age of a living American named Thurman is approximately 63 years, with most bearers falling between 48 and 75 years old.
Is Thurman still popular?
Not especially. Thurman has been declining since its 1920 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Thurman most common?
Thurman has its strongest geographic signal in North Carolina, where it appears 6.3× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 19202025
Where it lives now
Thurman is most concentrated in North Carolina — about 6.0× the national rate in the 1960s.
States where Thurman is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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