Boys' name · since 1958
Thorn
313 babies named Thorn in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,345 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,786 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 313
- born since 1958
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Thorn is the #7786 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 313 recorded since 1958.
Thorn has 313 recorded births among boys since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7786 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2025.
- #10,345 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,786 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 313 born since 1958
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thorn ranks #10,345 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,786 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 313 born since 1958, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,345 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,786 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 313
- born since 1958
- 1990s
- peak decade
Thorn's 313 recorded births place it above 77.25% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Thorn compares
313 46th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Thorn's all-time total is 15% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Thorn | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 313 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Thorn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Thorn's full recorded timeline at 2005, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1958, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Thorn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Thorn by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (98 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Thorn's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Thorn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s 39
1980s
39 births
- 1990s
1990s
98 births
- 2000s
2000s
62 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 98 births (31% of all-time use).
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What to do with Thorn's data
- Thorn's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (98 total births) through the 2020s (43) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Thorn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~67 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1958–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Thorn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.