Thornton

#7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births

Peak · boys
#430
1888 · 19 births
Debut · boys
1880
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,132
since 1880

Thornton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Thornton has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #430, 1888boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#7,67910
2024#10,9386
2023#12,2395
2022—
2021#10,7996
2020#8,7398
2019#8,8898
2018#7,13611
2017#6,33813
2016#7,60510
2015#8,0409
2014#7,04811
2013#7,53710
2012#8,8648
2011#8,0799
2010—
2009#6,80212
2008#9,8717
2007—
2006#6,46012
2005#7,6409
2004#6,97610
2003#6,25811
2002#9,3926
2001#7,5368
2000#5,58812
1999#6,04210
1998#4,65014
1997#4,45114
1996#4,02216
1995#4,28014
1994#4,80312
1993#4,22714
1992#3,74816
1991#6,5197
1990#3,60716
1989#4,27112
1988#4,7869
1987#3,07216
1986#4,4579
1985#4,6988
1984#4,2159
1983#3,63011
1982—
1981#4,1539
1980#2,61718
1979#3,35712
1978#3,8579
1977#3,38611
1976#2,94613
1975#2,20520
1974#2,67414
1973#2,31117
1972#2,65913
1971#2,46415
1970#2,73912
1969#1,60526
1968#1,89418
1967#1,75820
1966#1,75719
1965#2,47611
1964#1,48728
1963#1,90218
1962#1,47928
1961#1,73122
1960#1,97317
1959#1,70922
1958#1,59324
1957#1,43630
1956#1,41830
1955#1,64622
1954#1,36131
1953#1,21438
1952#1,22736
1951#1,19537
1950#1,13939
1949#1,27532
1948#1,21735
1947#1,09344
1946#1,14537
1945#1,13933
1944#1,15233
1943#98646
1942#1,00744
1941#1,16932
1940#1,13534
1939#1,05237
1938#1,06237
1937#1,14833
1936#1,27127
1935#1,05737
1934#1,29327
1933#1,28127
1932#96346
1931#1,17034
1930#99047
1929#1,31229
1928#96350
1927#1,11241
1926#1,01846
1925#95650
1924#82367
1923#93054
1922#79471
1921#77275
1920#81268
1919#89855
1918#93351
1917#86454
1916#81058
1915#75064
1914#80243
1913#69643
1912#78331
1911#73219
1910#65420
1909#71415
1908#82511
1907#1,0947
1906#56817
1905#1,0027
1904#76010
1903#73410
1902#8628
1901#7279
1900#78511
1899#45717
1898#7449
1897#9426
1896#8268
1895#60912
1894#63111
1893#57212
1892#64111
1891—
1890#8846
1889#44617
1888#43019
1887#58310
1886#43117
1885#9365
1884#7647
1883#49713
1882#43717
1881#56310
1880#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Thornton was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1891, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Thornton
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 3,259 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #7,679)
  • 1,060 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #7,679)
  • 361 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #7,679)
  • Biggest jump: 505 spots in 1886 (#936 → #431)
  • Biggest drop: 526 spots in 1907 (#568 → #1,094)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1888 at #430 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 47 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1908–1925
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,248
  • Highest: 1 in 6,248 boys born in 1899 were named Thornton (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #430 in 1888, was only 1 in 6,361 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.6% of all boys named Thornton (551) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s127#430 (1888)#561
1890s92#457 (1899)#701
1900s105#568 (1906)#807
1910s438#654 (1910)#792
1920s551#772 (1921)#949
1930s352#963 (1932)#1,129
1940s370#986 (1943)#1,132
1950s309#1,139 (1950)#1,394
1960s207#1,479 (1962)#1,806
1970s136#2,205 (1975)#2,860
1980s101#2,617 (1980)#3,989
1990s133#3,607 (1990)#4,635
2000s87#5,588 (2000)#7,391
2010s89#6,338 (2017)#7,726
2020s35#7,679 (2025)#10,079

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

Thornton in 1927

boys
#1,112
41 births · 1 in 27,486 boys

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #1,112Thornton41
More about 1927

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 27,486 of them was named Thornton, which outranked 76.8% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Thornton
  1. #1,098Smith42
  2. #1,098Washington42
  3. #1,098Wyman42
  4. #1,112Thornton41
  5. #1,112Arlis41
  6. #1,112Barbara41
  7. #1,112Blake41
  8. #1,128Alfonzo40
  9. #1,128Cliff40
  10. #1,128Delos40

Tied with 15 names at #1,112; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,863Lindbergh#2,436 → #573
  2. ↑ 966Lindy#1,353 → #387
  3. ↑ 601Sonny#1,565 → #964
  4. ↑ 467Akira#1,404 → #937
  5. ↑ 442Maria#1,432 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 684Minoru#963 → #1,647
  2. ↓ 611Reno#825 → #1,436
  3. ↓ 406Hurley#916 → #1,322
  4. ↓ 356Adelbert#842 → #1,198
  5. ↓ 330Gardner#963 → #1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1927 →