Furman
Recorded 1881–1999 · United States
Furman was most popular in 1918, when 73 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,567 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,758 people named Furman.
Furman over time
How old is the name Furman?
Furman first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 106 of the 145 years since. It was last recorded in 1999.
How many people are named Furman?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,758 American births named Furman between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 894 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Furman in 2025?
Furman was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Furman a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Furman is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,758 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Furman?
Roughly 894 Americans named Furman are alive today — 32% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 68 years old, and half are between 57 and 78.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Furman is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org