# Furman (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/furman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,758 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,758 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Variant of Firmin.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 10 | 3,899 |
| 1980 | 9 | 4,258 |
| 1981 | 9 | 4,273 |
| 1982 | 7 | 5,214 |
| 1983 | 9 | 4,262 |
| 1984 | 6 | 5,829 |
| 1986 | 13 | 3,512 |
| 1987 | 8 | 5,118 |
| 1988 | 8 | 5,372 |
| 1990 | 7 | 6,666 |
| 1991 | 7 | 6,769 |
| 1992 | 6 | 7,780 |
| 1995 | 8 | 6,589 |
| 1997 | 10 | 5,784 |
| 1999 | 7 | 8,147 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.