Thorvald — boys' name

What the Data Says About Thorvald

The Social Security Administration has registered 114 babies named Thorvald between 1888 and 1932, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thorvald currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1932. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thorvald performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Thorvald shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Thorvald in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thorvald 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 114 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.