Thornton
#7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,132since 1880
Thornton over time
Rank among boys' names. Thornton has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,460 | 12 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #3,072 | 16 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #1,605 | 26 |
| 1968 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | #1,758 | 20 |
| 1966 | #1,757 | 19 |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #1,487 | 28 |
| 1963 | #1,902 | 18 |
| 1962 | #1,479 | 28 |
| 1961 | #1,731 | 22 |
| 1960 | #1,973 | 17 |
| 1959 | #1,709 | 22 |
| 1958 | #1,593 | 24 |
| 1957 | #1,436 | 30 |
| 1956 | #1,418 | 30 |
| 1955 | #1,646 | 22 |
| 1954 | #1,361 | 31 |
| 1953 | #1,214 | 38 |
| 1952 | #1,227 | 36 |
| 1951 | #1,195 | 37 |
| 1950 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1949 | #1,275 | 32 |
| 1948 | #1,217 | 35 |
| 1947 | #1,093 | 44 |
| 1946 | #1,145 | 37 |
| 1945 | #1,139 | 33 |
| 1944 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1943 | #986 | 46 |
| 1942 | #1,007 | 44 |
| 1941 | #1,169 | 32 |
| 1940 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1939 | #1,052 | 37 |
| 1938 | #1,062 | 37 |
| 1937 | #1,148 | 33 |
| 1936 | #1,271 | 27 |
| 1935 | #1,057 | 37 |
| 1934 | #1,293 | 27 |
| 1933 | #1,281 | 27 |
| 1932 | #963 | 46 |
| 1931 | #1,170 | 34 |
| 1930 | #990 | 47 |
| 1929 | #1,312 | 29 |
| 1928 | #963 | 50 |
| 1927 | #1,112 | 41 |
| 1926 | #1,018 | 46 |
| 1925 | #956 | 50 |
| 1924 | #823 | 67 |
| 1923 | #930 | 54 |
| 1922 | #794 | 71 |
| 1921 | #772 | 75 |
| 1920 | #812 | 68 |
| 1919 | #898 | 55 |
| 1918 | #933 | 51 |
| 1917 | #864 | 54 |
| 1916 | #810 | 58 |
| 1915 | #750 | 64 |
| 1914 | #802 | 43 |
| 1913 | #696 | 43 |
| 1912 | #783 | 31 |
| 1911 | #732 | 19 |
| 1910 | #654 | 20 |
| 1909 | #714 | 15 |
| 1908 | #825 | 11 |
| 1907 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #568 | 17 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #760 | 10 |
| 1903 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #785 | 11 |
| 1899 | #457 | 17 |
| 1898 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #609 | 12 |
| 1894 | #631 | 11 |
| 1893 | #572 | 12 |
| 1892 | #641 | 11 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #446 | 17 |
| 1888 | #430 | 19 |
| 1887 | #583 | 10 |
| 1886 | #431 | 17 |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | #497 | 13 |
| 1882 | #437 | 17 |
| 1881 | #563 | 10 |
| 1880 | #526 | 12 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Thornton was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Thornton is popular in 1941
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#452 · 1 in 6,483
Best ever in a state: #159 in Virginia, 1910.
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| Georgia | #452 | 5 | 1 in 6,483 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Thornton
- 3,259 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #7,679)
- 1,060 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #7,679)
- 361 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 505 spots in 1886 (#936 → #431)
- Biggest drop: 526 spots in 1907 (#568 → #1,094)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1888 at #430 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1908–1925
- Highest: 1 in 6,248 boys born in 1899 were named Thornton (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #430 in 1888, was only 1 in 6,361 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.6% of all boys named Thornton (551) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 127 | #430 (1888) | #561 |
| 1890s | 92 | #457 (1899) | #701 |
| 1900s | 105 | #568 (1906) | #807 |
| 1910s | 438 | #654 (1910) | #792 |
| 1920s | 551 | #772 (1921) | #949 |
| 1930s | 352 | #963 (1932) | #1,129 |
| 1940s | 370 | #986 (1943) | #1,132 |
| 1950s | 309 | #1,139 (1950) | #1,394 |
| 1960s | 207 | #1,479 (1962) | #1,806 |
| 1970s | 136 | #2,205 (1975) | #2,860 |
| 1980s | 101 | #2,617 (1980) | #3,989 |
| 1990s | 133 | #3,607 (1990) | #4,635 |
| 2000s | 87 | #5,588 (2000) | #7,391 |
| 2010s | 89 | #6,338 (2017) | #7,726 |
| 2020s | 35 | #7,679 (2025) | #10,079 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Thornton in 1941
Top boys' names in 1941
More about 1941
boys
1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 38,385 of them was named Thornton, which outranked 70.8% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,152Richmond33
- #1,152Ronold33
- #1,152Sean33
- #1,169Thornton32
- #1,169Allison32
- #1,169Brenda32
- #1,169Casimir32
- #1,187Allie31
- #1,187Arland31
- #1,187Arnulfo31
Tied with 17 names at #1,169; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.