Thorson — boys' name
49 babies named Thorson in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
49 boys have been named Thorson since 2008, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2023.
- 49
- total births
- 2008–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
59% of everyone ever named Thorson was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Thorson in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Thorson
The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Thorson between 2008 and 2023, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thorson currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Thorson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Thorson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Thorson 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 49 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.
Thorson at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Thorson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2008
- Peak year (2019)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
49 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 9 births in a single year.
Thorson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 29 births that decade — 59% of Thorson's all-time total
Thorson decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Thorson's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2008–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.