Thora

#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births

Peak · girls
1894 · 23 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,424
since 1883

Thora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Thora has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #609, 1894girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#5,91720
2024#4,89327
2023#4,27633
2022#3,17151
2021#3,88338
2020#3,33846
2019#4,90927
2018#4,23733
2017#4,69529
2016#5,79622
2015#5,83322
2014#6,20720
2013#5,31725
2012#6,11021
2011#6,56419
2010#10,45110
2009#12,4298
2008#10,08411
2007#8,09815
2006#12,4208
2005#13,0107
2004#10,6909
2003#15,7845
2002#15,4325
2001#11,0208
2000#11,8017
1999#11,3857
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993#13,4425
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982#10,5175
1981
1980
1979
1978#8,5626
1977
1976#9,2845
1975
1974#8,7755
1973#6,6667
1972#8,2925
1971
1970#6,3627
1969
1968#5,6427
1967
1966#5,8096
1965#6,5395
1964#6,0096
1963#5,8916
1962#6,5785
1961
1960#5,1687
1959#5,5666
1958#4,5208
1957#4,2029
1956#3,04815
1955#3,77810
1954#4,2788
1953#2,59517
1952#3,7969
1951#3,7149
1950#3,42310
1949#2,85013
1948#4,2057
1947#2,27919
1946#2,59714
1945#2,91610
1944#2,62512
1943#1,90021
1942#2,66612
1941#1,88219
1940#2,57211
1939#2,03816
1938#2,02116
1937#2,10115
1936#1,74119
1935#1,72020
1934#1,51824
1933#1,65821
1932#1,59723
1931#1,54924
1930#1,53526
1929#1,59824
1928#1,21040
1927#1,33136
1926#1,09647
1925#1,29637
1924#1,18844
1923#94161
1922#1,20741
1921#1,09248
1920#98056
1919#1,00052
1918#92160
1917#93355
1916#80272
1915#80267
1914#84349
1913#68957
1912#76343
1911#82527
1910#69837
1909#79126
1908#84921
1907#81921
1906#70727
1905#84819
1904#91016
1903#86216
1902#81818
1901#88114
1900#76023
1899#87814
1898#76819
1897#82615
1896#90313
1895#89313
1894#60923
1893#86512
1892#63820
1891#66916
1890#69315
1889#80211
1888#9598
1887#1,1475
1886
1885#7459
1884#1,0245
1883#6519
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Thora! It came in at #651, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Thora
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,024 spots since 2024 (#4,893#5,917)
  • 2,579 spots since 2020 (#3,338#5,917)
  • 84 spots since 2015 (#5,833#5,917)
  • Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1885 (#1,024#745)
  • Biggest drop: 373 spots in 1884 (#651#1,024)
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1894 at #609 (23 births)
  • Births halved by 1940, 46 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1888–1920
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,692
  • Highest: 1 in 9,692 girls born in 1894 were named Thora (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 21.4% of all girls named Thora (519) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s47#651 (1883)#888
1890s160#609 (1894)#774
1900s201#707 (1906)#825
1910s519#689 (1913)#828
1920s434#941 (1923)#1,194
1930s204#1,518 (1934)#1,748
1940s138#1,882 (1941)#2,649
1950s101#2,595 (1953)#3,892
1960s42#5,168 (1960)#5,948
1970s35#6,362 (1970)#7,990
1980s5#10,517 (1982)#10,517
1990s12#11,385 (1999)#12,414
2000s83#8,098 (2007)#12,077
2010s228#4,237 (2018)#6,012
2020s215#3,171 (2022)#4,246

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Thora in 1891

girls
#669
16 births · 1 in 11,593 girls

Top girls' names in 1891

  1. #1Mary11,704
  2. #2Anna5,099
  3. #3Margaret3,065
  4. #4Elizabeth3,059
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Florence2,716
  7. #7Ethel2,689
  8. #8Minnie2,428
  9. #9Helen2,417
  10. #10Bertha2,372
  11. #669Thora16
More about 1891

girls

185,482 girls got a published name in 1891; 1 in 11,593 of them was named Thora, which outranked 56.4% of the 1,533 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thora
  1. #644Tressa17
  2. #644Vena17
  3. #644Zada17
  4. #669Thora16
  5. #669Annabel16
  6. #669Arizona16
  7. #669Arlie16
  8. #695Adaline15
  9. #695Adelina15
  10. #695Aurora15

Tied with 25 names at #669; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. 588Aurore#1,338#750
  2. 588Zelpha#1,338#750
  3. 499Leva#1,338#839
  4. 499Vira#1,338#839
  5. 483Sister#1,210#727
Fallers
  1. 574Prudie#758#1,332
  2. 571Delila#642#1,213
  3. 541Elmina#791#1,332
  4. 541Tinnie#791#1,332
  5. 520Dorcas#693#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1891