Names / Boy names
Thorne
Current rank
#9,614
holding steady
All-time peak
#2,951
in 1956
First recorded
1920
in U.S. data
Children named
465
since 1920
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,951 in 1956 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Thorne first appears in American naming records in 1920, where it reads as a boys' name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Roughly 465 people have been given the name to date — a true rarity.