Thora
Thora was given to 20 girls in 2025, #6,092 among girls’ names; 2,424 Americans have been recorded with it since 1883 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Thora by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Thora mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Thora is “a female given name from Old Norse occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.” Its etymology gives the sense “Thor” (Þórr).
Short form of Old Norse female given names beginning with Þórr (“Thor”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Thora?
#6,092 among girls’ names, 2025
Thora fell from #6,014 in 2015 to #6,092 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born rose from 12.3 to 12.4 per million.
72 babies in 1916, the peak
Thora peaked in 1916, when 72 girls were given it, #808 among girls’ names. The 20 births of 2025 are 28% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #6,092 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 27 | #5,009 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,352 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 51 | #3,210 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,930 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,394 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 27 | #5,026 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,350 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,795 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,967 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (118)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | #6,014 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,425 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,467 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,319 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,825 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 10 | #11,181 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 8 | #13,584 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,742 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,483 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 8 | #13,508 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 7 | #14,397 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 9 | #11,536 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 5 | #18,193 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,888 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,963 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 7 | #13,037 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 7 | #12,583 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 5 | #15,608 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 5 | #12,168 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,648 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,773 | under 0.01 |
| 1974 | 5 | #10,118 | under 0.01 |
| 1973 | 7 | #7,378 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 5 | #9,538 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 7 | #7,005 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,196 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 6 | #6,500 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,448 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,710 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,529 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,492 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,653 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 6 | #6,179 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,861 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,513 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,171 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 10 | #4,037 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,614 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,690 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 9 | #4,093 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,984 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,643 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,984 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,612 | under 0.01 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,348 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,727 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,110 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,752 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,944 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,797 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,949 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,716 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,117 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,103 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 15 | #2,186 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,795 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,775 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,547 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,714 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,631 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,587 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,564 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,637 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 40 | #1,221 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,356 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 47 | #1,113 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,321 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,205 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 61 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 41 | #1,227 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 48 | #1,113 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 56 | #988 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 52 | #1,007 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 60 | #928 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 55 | #944 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 72 | #808 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 67 | #808 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 49 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 57 | #693 | 0.09 |
| 1912 | 43 | #769 | 0.08 |
| 1911 | 27 | #837 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 37 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 26 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 21 | #878 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 21 | #835 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 27 | #715 | 0.09 |
| 1905 | 19 | #867 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 16 | #935 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 16 | #895 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 18 | #845 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 14 | #913 | 0.06 |
| 1900 | 23 | #778 | 0.08 |
| 1899 | 14 | #903 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 19 | #787 | 0.07 |
| 1897 | 15 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1896 | 13 | #944 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 13 | #924 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 23 | #626 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 12 | #896 | 0.06 |
| 1892 | 20 | #663 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 16 | #692 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 15 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 11 | #836 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 8 | #1,028 | 0.04 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,291 | 0.03 |
| 1885 | 9 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,164 | 0.04 |
| 1883 | 9 | #690 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Thora a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Thora has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 118 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Thora: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Thora, and how old are they?
An estimated 813 Americans named Thora and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (34% of everyone recorded); the median is 14 years old and half are between 6 and 67. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 930 people named Thora (922 women and girls, 8 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 716 born in the U.S. The Census count is 30% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Thora
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
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