# Thora (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/thora/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Norse |
| Meaning | “thor” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,424 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,424 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 172, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Short form of Old Norse female given names beginning with Þórr (“Thor”).

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 6,828 |
| 2012 | 21 | 6,322 |
| 2013 | 25 | 5,469 |
| 2014 | 20 | 6,427 |
| 2015 | 22 | 6,016 |
| 2016 | 22 | 5,969 |
| 2017 | 29 | 4,797 |
| 2018 | 33 | 4,351 |
| 2019 | 27 | 5,028 |
| 2020 | 46 | 3,394 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,932 |
| 2022 | 51 | 3,211 |
| 2023 | 33 | 4,354 |
| 2024 | 27 | 5,012 |
| 2025 | 20 | 6,093 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 14 | 2,008 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,977 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,605 |

## People named Thora

- Thora Birch, American actress
- Thora Hird, British actress (1911–2003)
- Thora Daugaard, Danish women's rights activist, pacifist, editor and translator
- Thora Hallager, Danish photographer (1821–1884)
- Janette Scott, Film actress

## 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.