How Many People Are Named Thora?

825

people named Thora are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 414,284 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,424 babies named Thora in Social Security records from 1883 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#12,013

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#6,802

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Peak Year

1916

72 births

Trend

→

Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Modern form of ÞÓRA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

ÞoneÞóraÞórbjörgÞórdísÞórfríðrÞórhildrÞórnýTófaToraToveÞorbjörgTorøTuvaTovaThor

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Thora in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Thora alive today is about 32 years old, and 64% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 67 in 2025.

Under 30 529
64.2%
30 to 59 54
6.6%
60 and over 241
29.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Thora first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 1916, to 72 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Thora has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #626, in 1894. In 2025 it ranked #6,092.

Girls
Rank in 2025#6,092
Best rank#626 (1894)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#831 in the 1910s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Thora alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Thora were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 16 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Thora was given 56.5 times as often in Utah, 8.6 times in Minnesota and 2 times in Pennsylvania.

Minnesota 16
California 9
Ohio 5
New York 1
Pennsylvania 1
Utah 1

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