# Thurston (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/thurston/  
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 | /ˈθɝs.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Tutton, Thurstan |
| US babies named this | 3,501 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,501 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 31, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 3,781 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,697 |
| 2013 | 24 | 4,168 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,971 |
| 2015 | 19 | 5,035 |
| 2016 | 16 | 5,769 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,496 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,633 |
| 2019 | 12 | 7,130 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,450 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,638 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,912 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,658 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8,258 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,695 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 2,859 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,507 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |

## People named Thurston

- Thurston Moore, American guitarist (born 1958)
- Thurston Hall, actor (1882-1958)
- Jim Nabors, American actor and singer (1930-2017)

## 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.