# Thor (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/thor/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /θoɹ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,857 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,857 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 269, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Representing Old Norse Þórr. Cognate with Old English Þunor, Swedish Tor.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 107 | 1,509 |
| 2012 | 104 | 1,541 |
| 2013 | 94 | 1,633 |
| 2014 | 115 | 1,441 |
| 2015 | 118 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 90 | 1,737 |
| 2017 | 99 | 1,621 |
| 2018 | 106 | 1,583 |
| 2019 | 95 | 1,686 |
| 2020 | 86 | 1,776 |
| 2021 | 87 | 1,814 |
| 2022 | 81 | 1,936 |
| 2023 | 71 | 2,094 |
| 2024 | 46 | 2,825 |
| 2025 | 44 | 2,875 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1,706 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 18 | 1,431 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 索爾 /索尔
- Danish: Thor
- Icelandic: Þór
- Norwegian: Tor
- Swedish: Tor

## People named Thor

- Thor Kristensen, Danish rower
- Thor Pedersen, Danish politician
- Thor Freudenthal, Film director, screenwriter
- Thor Lange, Danish writer (1851-1915)
- Thor Nis Christiansen, American serial killer (1957-1981)
- Thor Möger Pedersen, Danish politician
- Gunnar Möller, German actor (1928-2017)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.