Thurman
Boy · THUR-mun · Old Norse
Thurman is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “Thor's protection”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Thurman mean?
Old Norse: via an English surname from the Old Norse name Thormundr
“Thor's protection”
New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson (1947-1979) is a well-known bearer.
- Say it
- THUR-mun
Is Thurman a girl's or a boy's name?
Thurman is a boys' name.
How popular is Thurman in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1920, with 361 boys.
Half of all the boys named Thurman in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1954, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thurman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,327 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,495 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,077 |
| 1993 | 42 | #1,928 |
| 1992 | 47 | #1,773 |
| 1991 | 41 | #1,889 |
| 1990 | 47 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,810 |
| 1987 | 45 | #1,561 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 42 | #1,543 |
| 1984 | 53 | #1,264 |
| 1983 | 59 | #1,178 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,140 |
| 1981 | 60 | #1,188 |
| 1980 | 66 | #1,111 |
| 1979 | 68 | #1,077 |
| 1978 | 58 | #1,170 |
| 1977 | 76 | #981 |
| 1976 | 69 | #998 |
| 1975 | 74 | #953 |
| 1974 | 77 | #923 |
| 1973 | 62 | #1,023 |
| 1972 | 83 | #885 |
| 1971 | 92 | #848 |
| 1970 | 95 | #826 |
| 1969 | 123 | #706 |
| 1968 | 82 | #818 |
| 1967 | 98 | #742 |
| 1966 | 115 | #692 |
| 1965 | 137 | #640 |
| 1964 | 146 | #644 |
| 1963 | 121 | #704 |
| 1962 | 134 | #671 |
| 1961 | 167 | #614 |
| 1960 | 167 | #605 |
| 1959 | 159 | #612 |
| 1958 | 139 | #652 |
| 1957 | 142 | #643 |
| 1956 | 177 | #570 |
| 1955 | 174 | #558 |
| 1954 | 184 | #533 |
| 1953 | 176 | #536 |
| 1952 | 227 | #465 |
| 1951 | 228 | #446 |
| 1950 | 208 | #458 |
| 1949 | 253 | #426 |
| 1948 | 243 | #428 |
| 1947 | 250 | #431 |
| 1946 | 255 | #401 |
| 1945 | 240 | #385 |
| 1944 | 256 | #375 |
| 1943 | 299 | #355 |
| 1942 | 272 | #370 |
| 1941 | 252 | #369 |
| 1940 | 241 | #367 |
| 1939 | 247 | #356 |
| 1938 | 235 | #363 |
| 1937 | 257 | #339 |
| 1936 | 271 | #333 |
| 1935 | 263 | #339 |
| 1934 | 274 | #326 |
| 1933 | 248 | #338 |
| 1932 | 284 | #325 |
| 1931 | 284 | #326 |
| 1930 | 262 | #349 |
| 1929 | 248 | #360 |
| 1928 | 302 | #322 |
| 1927 | 319 | #322 |
| 1926 | 306 | #328 |
| 1925 | 308 | #329 |
| 1924 | 314 | #327 |
| 1923 | 341 | #308 |
| 1922 | 358 | #301 |
| 1921 | 347 | #311 |
| 1920 | 361 | #297 |
| 1919 | 355 | #282 |
| 1918 | 359 | #285 |
| 1917 | 340 | #280 |
| 1916 | 316 | #291 |
| 1915 | 318 | #276 |
| 1914 | 241 | #288 |
| 1913 | 160 | #317 |
| 1912 | 134 | #321 |
| 1911 | 69 | #328 |
| 1910 | 57 | #326 |
| 1909 | 62 | #285 |
| 1908 | 48 | #316 |
| 1907 | 37 | #366 |
| 1906 | 25 | #443 |
| 1905 | 24 | #452 |
| 1904 | 30 | #368 |
| 1903 | 13 | #619 |
| 1902 | 22 | #440 |
| 1901 | 13 | #559 |
| 1900 | 21 | #518 |
| 1899 | 17 | #457 |
| 1898 | 16 | #523 |
| 1897 | 12 | #615 |
| 1896 | 10 | #722 |
| 1895 | 17 | #491 |
| 1894 | 17 | #480 |
| 1893 | 14 | #509 |
| 1892 | 20 | #422 |
| 1891 | 15 | #456 |
| 1890 | 29 | #322 |
| 1889 | 30 | #318 |
| 1888 | 72 | #204 |
| 1887 | 14 | #461 |
| 1886 | 13 | #512 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
| 1880 | 8 | #682 |
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