Thornton — #10894 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Thornton

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,122 babies named Thornton between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thornton currently holds the #10894 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 75 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thornton performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 551 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Thornton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 124 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Thornton in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thornton in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,122 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.