Thurston
Boy · Old Norse
Thurston is a boys' name of Old Norse origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Thurston mean?
Old Norse
A surname derived from the Old Norse given name Þorsteinn, brought to England by Vikings.
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Is Thurston a girl's or a boy's name?
Thurston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thurston in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 8 boys.
Thurston in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | #6,181 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Thurston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Thurston, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 73 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.
2025 had fewer boys named Thurston than any year since 1907.
Half of all the boys named Thurston in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1977, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thurston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,400 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 28 | #2,192 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 29 | #1,867 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 32 | #1,546 |
| 1973 | 32 | #1,514 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,819 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,309 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,493 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,569 |
| 1968 | 32 | #1,366 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1966 | 21 | #1,683 |
| 1965 | 30 | #1,404 |
| 1964 | 31 | #1,407 |
| 1963 | 30 | #1,425 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,340 |
| 1961 | 32 | #1,405 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,358 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,359 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,113 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,249 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,231 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,418 |
| 1954 | 25 | #1,524 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,454 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,346 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,122 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,363 |
| 1949 | 44 | #1,062 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,230 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,189 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,110 |
| 1945 | 50 | #899 |
| 1944 | 42 | #1,004 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,279 |
| 1942 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,129 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,156 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,199 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,016 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,271 |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,123 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,059 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,051 |
| 1932 | 31 | #1,216 |
| 1931 | 44 | #997 |
| 1930 | 45 | #1,021 |
| 1929 | 38 | #1,129 |
| 1928 | 52 | #938 |
| 1927 | 39 | #1,145 |
| 1926 | 51 | #955 |
| 1925 | 45 | #1,022 |
| 1924 | 67 | #823 |
| 1923 | 56 | #913 |
| 1922 | 55 | #941 |
| 1921 | 72 | #800 |
| 1920 | 67 | #816 |
| 1919 | 55 | #898 |
| 1918 | 73 | #753 |
| 1917 | 54 | #864 |
| 1916 | 42 | #984 |
| 1915 | 64 | #750 |
| 1914 | 39 | #870 |
| 1913 | 45 | #667 |
| 1912 | 26 | #876 |
| 1911 | 14 | #895 |
| 1910 | 16 | #755 |
| 1909 | 10 | #951 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 11 | #784 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 9 | #743 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
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