Thora
#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births
- Peak · girls
- 1894 · 23 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,424since 1883
Thora over time
Rank among girls' names. Thora has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,917 | 20 |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 |
| 2023 | #4,276 | 33 |
| 2022 | #3,171 | 51 |
| 2021 | #3,883 | 38 |
| 2020 | #3,338 | 46 |
| 2019 | #4,909 | 27 |
| 2018 | #4,237 | 33 |
| 2017 | #4,695 | 29 |
| 2016 | #5,796 | 22 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 |
| 2013 | #5,317 | 25 |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 |
| 1943 | #1,900 | 21 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 |
| 1937 | #2,101 | 15 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1930 | #1,535 | 26 |
| 1929 | #1,598 | 24 |
| 1928 | #1,210 | 40 |
| 1927 | #1,331 | 36 |
| 1926 | #1,096 | 47 |
| 1925 | #1,296 | 37 |
| 1924 | #1,188 | 44 |
| 1923 | #941 | 61 |
| 1922 | #1,207 | 41 |
| 1921 | #1,092 | 48 |
| 1920 | #980 | 56 |
| 1919 | #1,000 | 52 |
| 1918 | #921 | 60 |
| 1917 | #933 | 55 |
| 1916 | #802 | 72 |
| 1915 | #802 | 67 |
| 1914 | #843 | 49 |
| 1913 | #689 | 57 |
| 1912 | #763 | 43 |
| 1911 | #825 | 27 |
| 1910 | #698 | 37 |
| 1909 | #791 | 26 |
| 1908 | #849 | 21 |
| 1907 | #819 | 21 |
| 1906 | #707 | 27 |
| 1905 | #848 | 19 |
| 1904 | #910 | 16 |
| 1903 | #862 | 16 |
| 1902 | #818 | 18 |
| 1901 | #881 | 14 |
| 1900 | #760 | 23 |
| 1899 | #878 | 14 |
| 1898 | #768 | 19 |
| 1897 | #826 | 15 |
| 1896 | #903 | 13 |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 |
| 1894 | #609 | 23 |
| 1893 | #865 | 12 |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 |
| 1891 | #669 | 16 |
| 1890 | #693 | 15 |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #745 | 9 |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Thora! It came in at #651, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Thora is popular in 1894
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Thora
- 1,024 spots since 2024 (#4,893 → #5,917)
- 2,579 spots since 2020 (#3,338 → #5,917)
- 84 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #5,917)
- Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1885 (#1,024 → #745)
- Biggest drop: 373 spots in 1884 (#651 → #1,024)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1894 at #609 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 46 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1888–1920
- Highest: 1 in 9,692 girls born in 1894 were named Thora (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.4% of all girls named Thora (519) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 47 | #651 (1883) | #888 |
| 1890s | 160 | #609 (1894) | #774 |
| 1900s | 201 | #707 (1906) | #825 |
| 1910s | 519 | #689 (1913) | #828 |
| 1920s | 434 | #941 (1923) | #1,194 |
| 1930s | 204 | #1,518 (1934) | #1,748 |
| 1940s | 138 | #1,882 (1941) | #2,649 |
| 1950s | 101 | #2,595 (1953) | #3,892 |
| 1960s | 42 | #5,168 (1960) | #5,948 |
| 1970s | 35 | #6,362 (1970) | #7,990 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,517 (1982) | #10,517 |
| 1990s | 12 | #11,385 (1999) | #12,414 |
| 2000s | 83 | #8,098 (2007) | #12,077 |
| 2010s | 228 | #4,237 (2018) | #6,012 |
| 2020s | 215 | #3,171 (2022) | #4,246 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Thora in 1894
Top girls' names in 1894
More about 1894
girls
222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 9,692 of them was named Thora, which outranked 64.2% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #597Tressa24
- #597Verdie24
- #597Veva24
- #609Thora23
- #609Berenice23
- #609Diana23
- #609Elenora23
- #628Audra22
- #628Cathrine22
- #628Enid22
Tied with 18 names at #609; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
- ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
- ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
- ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
- ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.