How Many People Are Named Thor?
people named Thor are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 81,145 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,857 babies named Thor in Social Security records from 1904 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
118 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Old Norse Þórr meaning "thunder", ultimately from the early Germanic *Þunraz. Thor was the Norse god of strength, thunder, war and storms, the son of Odin. He was armed with a hammer called Mjolnir, and wore an enchanted belt that doubled his strength.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Thor in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Thor alive today is about 30 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 48 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Thor first appears in the records in 1904 and was given most often in 2015, to 118 babies. In 2025, 44 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1904 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Thor has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #883, in 1968. In 2025 it ranked #2,874.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,874 |
| Best rank | #883 (1968) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,579 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Thor alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Thor were born in California than in any other state: about 517 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Thor was given 7.6 times as often in Minnesota, 6 times in Washington and 3.1 times in California.
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