Tor
#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 1965 · 30 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 886since 1949
Tor over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Tor has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #5,699 | 15 |
| 2019 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #5,789 | 15 |
| 2015 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #5,171 | 17 |
| 2012 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #5,478 | 16 |
| 2009 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #4,640 | 20 |
| 2006 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #4,464 | 19 |
| 2004 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #3,640 | 22 |
| 1999 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #4,271 | 12 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #2,020 | 20 |
| 1971 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #1,650 | 23 |
| 1967 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #1,405 | 30 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #3,037 | 8 |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 10 |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
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| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
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First appearance
1949
The first year at least five boys were named Tor! It came in at #3,690, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1952, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,104 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #6,803)
- 263 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #6,803)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1949
- Peaked 1965 at #1,405 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 62,005
- Highest: 1 in 62,005 boys born in 1965 were named Tor (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 16.9% of all boys named Tor (150) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,690 (1949) | #3,690 |
| 1950s | 49 | #2,592 (1954) | #3,258 |
| 1960s | 150 | #1,405 (1965) | #2,276 |
| 1970s | 146 | #2,020 (1972) | #2,735 |
| 1980s | 88 | #2,787 (1983) | #4,468 |
| 1990s | 118 | #3,462 (1991) | #5,189 |
| 2000s | 143 | #3,640 (2000) | #5,777 |
| 2010s | 130 | #5,171 (2013) | #6,563 |
| 2020s | 57 | #5,699 (2020) | #7,274 |
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.
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