Thermon
Masculine
Thermon is one of the made men's names of the early century, and it carries a Greek syllable that English otherwise keeps for laboratory equipment. Nothing records whether the family meant it or simply liked the shape.
How old is the name Thermon?
Thermon first appears in US birth records in 1912 — 113 years ago. The typical Thermon alive today was born around 1932, making them about 93 years old. About 200 people named Thermon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Thermon most popular?
Thermon peaked in 1931, reaching #1361 nationally. See the whole 1931 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Thermon
The Greek syllable this name begins with is the word for heat, and the most famous place carrying it is a pass in central Greece: Thermopylae, the hot gates, named for the sulphur springs that come out of the hillside there. The springs are the reason the place has a name at all, and they are still running — visitors can smell them before they see the monument. The pass itself has changed beyond recognition. In the battle everyone remembers, the road between the mountain and the sea was narrow enough that a small force could hold it; silt from the river has pushed the coastline several kilometres away since, so the battlefield is now an inland plain. The hot gates are still hot, and they are no longer a gate.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is documented. Therman and Thurman are both in the record at the same time, and Thurman is a genuine surname; this spelling may be either of them altered, or a build of its own. The Greek word for heat is visible in it but there is no evidence anyone intended it.
Pronouncing Thermon
THUR-mon
Two syllables with the stress at the front. The th is the voiceless one of thin, not the voiced one of this.
Nicknames for Thermon
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1912
- Most boys named
- 192726 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1361reached in 1931
- Change vs 1973
- +20.0%6 in 1975, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Thermons among us
people named Thermon are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Thermon sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is genuinely rare without being unpronounceable: every letter does what English expects.
- Two syllables with front stress is the standard shape for a man's name in English.
- It has no living associations at all, which leaves the name entirely to the child.
- Therman and Thurman will both be written for it.
- The first syllable calls up flasks and thermostats for most readers.
- No origin is documented, so there is nothing to answer when the meaning is asked for.
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Frequently asked
- How many Thermons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Thermon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Thermon in 2025?
- Thermon is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Thermon with classmates?
- Thermon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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