How rare is the name Thor?

4,062 people in the United States have the first name Thor, about 1 in 74,355. It ranks #4,540 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

THOR

#4,540

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,062
About
1 in 74,355
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,062 people named Thor, 79.4% reported their origin as White, 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 6% as two or more races. 98.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Thor peaked in 2015, when 118 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19042025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
118
In 2025*
44 ▼63%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,857 babies have been given the name since 1904. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Thor by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #2,421. The largest share of babies named Thor, 23.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#4,9315
1910s#4,49786
1920s#4,865117
1930s#4,96091
1940s#4,229137
1950s#3,859208
1960s#2,421568
1970s#2,829538
1980s#3,575469
1990s#4,264498
2000s#4,287699
2010s#3,4801,026
2020s#4,516415
Greatest Generation 1901–273.7%
Silent Generation 1928–454%
Baby boom 1946–6411%
Generation X 1965–8018.6%
Millennials 1981–9615.7%
Generation Z 1997–1223.7%
2013 and later23.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Thor is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Thor has been most common in Minnesota (7.1×), Washington (7×), and California (3.8×), and least common in Michigan (0.58×).

1,448 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Thor

1 other first name also has 4,062 people.

#4,540 Rashmi · 4,062

Either side of Thor

#4,538 Zhen · 4,065#4,540 Rashmi · 4,062#4,542 Annaliese · 4,061#4,542 Malena · 4,061

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Thor, most common first.

#13,117 Thora · 930

Also a last name

As a last name, Thor ranks #9,927 of 156,621, with 3,105 people. See Thor as a last name

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