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Thurston: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5 in 2025. Its best rank was #679 in 1913.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #679 in 1913; #13,695 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Thurston in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#13,695 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1913, at #679.
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Thurston: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5 boys in 2025. Peak: #679 in 1913 · most boys in one year: 73 (1918).
In 2025, 5 US boys were named Thurston, making it the 13,695th most common boys’ name of the year, down 5,437 places from #8,258 in 2024. That is 5 fewer than the 10 boys named Thurston in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #679, reached in 1913. The most boys given the name in a single year was 73, in 1918. For comparison, it was #5,035 in 2015 and #1,389 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Thurston in 127 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1884 with 7 babies. In all, 3,501 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 542 babies named Thurston.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 102 US boys were named Thurston; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 16. In 2025 that was about 1 in 341,615 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 5 | #13,695 |
| 2024 | — | — | 10 | #8,258 |
| 2023 | — | — | 8 | #9,658 |
| 2022 | — | — | 9 | #8,912 |
| 2021 | — | — | 13 | #6,638 |
| 2020 | — | — | 11 | #7,450 |
| 2019 | — | — | 12 | #7,130 |
| 2018 | — | — | 7 | #10,633 |
| 2017 | — | — | 11 | #7,496 |
| 2016 | — | — | 16 | #5,769 |
| 2015 | — | — | 19 | #5,035 |
| 2014 | — | — | 15 | #5,971 |
| 2013 | — | — | 24 | #4,168 |
| 2012 | — | — | 16 | #5,697 |
| 2011 | — | — | 28 | #3,781 |
| 2010 | — | — | 24 | #4,221 |
| 2009 | — | — | 18 | #5,292 |
| 2008 | — | — | 23 | #4,377 |
| 2007 | — | — | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2006 | — | — | 21 | #4,502 |
| 2005 | — | — | 20 | #4,450 |
| 2004 | — | — | 18 | #4,776 |
| 2003 | — | — | 15 | #5,239 |
| 2002 | — | — | 11 | #6,485 |
| 2001 | — | — | 13 | #5,638 |
| 2000 | — | — | 13 | #5,554 |
| 1999 | — | — | 15 | #4,734 |
| 1998 | — | — | 10 | #6,262 |
| 1997 | — | — | 17 | #4,039 |
| 1996 | — | — | 15 | #4,381 |
| 1995 | — | — | 16 | #4,032 |
| 1994 | — | — | 14 | #4,513 |
| 1993 | — | — | 15 | #4,200 |
| 1992 | — | — | 23 | #2,990 |
| 1991 | — | — | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1990 | — | — | 10 | #5,337 |
| 1989 | — | — | 24 | #2,685 |
| 1988 | — | — | 28 | #2,246 |
| 1987 | — | — | 22 | #2,552 |
| 1986 | — | — | 21 | #2,595 |
| 1985 | — | — | 21 | #2,494 |
| 1984 | — | — | 25 | #2,155 |
| 1983 | — | — | 24 | #2,203 |
| 1982 | — | — | 21 | #2,417 |
| 1981 | — | — | 27 | #2,032 |
| 1980 | — | — | 30 | #1,905 |
| 1979 | — | — | 29 | #1,902 |
| 1978 | — | — | 24 | #2,063 |
| 1977 | — | — | 17 | #2,653 |
| 1976 | — | — | 24 | #2,046 |
| 1975 | — | — | 19 | #2,357 |
| 1974 | — | — | 32 | #1,578 |
| 1973 | — | — | 32 | #1,545 |
| 1972 | — | — | 24 | #1,868 |
| 1971 | — | — | 41 | #1,328 |
| 1970 | — | — | 32 | #1,518 |
| 1969 | — | — | 27 | #1,600 |
| 1968 | — | — | 32 | #1,390 |
| 1967 | — | — | 25 | #1,569 |
| 1966 | — | — | 21 | #1,720 |
| 1965 | — | — | 30 | #1,424 |
| 1964 | — | — | 31 | #1,430 |
| 1963 | — | — | 30 | #1,450 |
| 1962 | — | — | 34 | #1,362 |
| 1961 | — | — | 32 | #1,435 |
| 1960 | — | — | 34 | #1,381 |
| 1959 | — | — | 33 | #1,382 |
| 1958 | — | — | 47 | #1,128 |
| 1957 | — | — | 39 | #1,264 |
| 1956 | — | — | 38 | #1,256 |
| 1955 | — | — | 29 | #1,452 |
| 1954 | — | — | 25 | #1,554 |
| 1953 | — | — | 27 | #1,476 |
| 1952 | — | — | 31 | #1,377 |
| 1951 | — | — | 41 | #1,138 |
| 1950 | — | — | 28 | #1,389 |
| 1949 | — | — | 44 | #1,071 |
| 1948 | — | — | 34 | #1,253 |
| 1947 | — | — | 37 | #1,209 |
| 1946 | — | — | 39 | #1,122 |
| 1945 | — | — | 50 | #914 |
| 1944 | — | — | 42 | #1,017 |
| 1943 | — | — | 29 | #1,307 |
| 1942 | — | — | 29 | #1,313 |
| 1941 | — | — | 34 | #1,148 |
| 1940 | — | — | 33 | #1,180 |
| 1939 | — | — | 32 | #1,163 |
| 1938 | — | — | 30 | #1,219 |
| 1937 | — | — | 39 | #1,030 |
| 1936 | — | — | 27 | #1,293 |
| 1935 | — | — | 34 | #1,147 |
| 1934 | — | — | 38 | #1,075 |
| 1933 | — | — | 38 | #1,075 |
| 1932 | — | — | 31 | #1,233 |
| 1931 | — | — | 44 | #1,012 |
| 1930 | — | — | 45 | #1,036 |
| 1929 | — | — | 38 | #1,135 |
| 1928 | — | — | 52 | #948 |
| 1927 | — | — | 39 | #1,160 |
| 1926 | — | — | 51 | #960 |
| 1925 | — | — | 45 | #1,038 |
| 1924 | — | — | 67 | #835 |
| 1923 | — | — | 56 | #920 |
| 1922 | — | — | 55 | #947 |
| 1921 | — | — | 72 | #803 |
| 1920 | — | — | 67 | #824 |
| 1919 | — | — | 55 | #907 |
| 1918 | — | — | 73 | #759 |
| 1917 | — | — | 54 | #874 |
| 1916 | — | — | 42 | #996 |
| 1915 | — | — | 64 | #756 |
| 1914 | — | — | 39 | #883 |
| 1913 | — | — | 45 | #679 |
| 1912 | — | — | 26 | #891 |
| 1911 | — | — | 14 | #922 |
| 1910 | — | — | 16 | #779 |
| 1909 | — | — | 10 | #1,015 |
| 1908 | — | — | 7 | #1,202 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,524 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #913 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #957 |
| 1903 | — | — | 7 | #997 |
| 1902 | — | — | 8 | #921 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #832 |
| 1898 | — | — | 9 | #798 |
| 1895 | — | — | 5 | #1,225 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #841 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).