Thorton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Thorton

The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Thorton between 1920 and 2019, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thorton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thorton performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Thorton shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thorton 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 48 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.