Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Thor

Gender

Male

Origin

Norse
Thunder
Hebrew
Twin; feminine form of Thomas

Syllables

1

Themes

  • Exotic

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Thor

Pronunciation

thor

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2015 (rank #1428, 118 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2833, 44 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202544
202446
202371
202280
202187
202086
201995
2018106
201799
201690

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #1325, 19 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3655, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20255
20245
202316
20229
202113
202012
201914
201819
201713
201618

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #713, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #595, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20184
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 1972 (rank #273, 7 births); most recent 2011 (rank #486, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence