Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Thor” in the USA?

Number of people named “Thor” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Thor” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Thor” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Thor” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Thor” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Thor” by birth year

This chart shows how “Thor” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1912 7 0.000007085 7 -100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 -100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 -100%
1917 15 0.000007475 15 -100%
1918 12 0.000005527 12 -100%
1919 9 0.000004265 9 -100%
1920 16 0.000007071 16 -100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 -100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 -100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 -100%
1924 13 0.000005458 13 -100%
1925 16 0.000006857 16 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 5 0.000002156 5 -100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 -100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 -100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1937 9 0.000004224 9 -100%
1938 12 0.000005424 12 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1940 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1941 15 0.000006157 15 -100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 -100%
1943 14 0.00000496 14 -100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 -100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 -100%
1946 11 0.000003443 11 -100%
1947 19 0.000005274 19 -100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 -100%
1949 18 0.000005165 18 -100%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 -100%
1951 13 0.000003529 13 -100%
1952 21 0.000005529 21 -100%
1953 17 0.000004411 17 -100%
1954 14 0.000003517 14 -100%
1955 32 0.00000797 32 -100%
1956 27 0.000006549 27 -100%
1957 20 0.000004759 20 -100%
1958 23 0.000005564 23 -100%
1959 28 0.000006734 28 -100%
1960 41 0.00000987 41 -100%
1961 64 0.00001545 64 -100%
1962 52 0.000012886 52 -100%
1963 50 0.000012632 50 -100%
1964 56 0.000014405 56 -100%
1965 59 0.000016274 59 -100%
1966 67 0.000019277 67 -100%
1967 46 0.00001355 46 -100%
1968 67 0.000019832 67 -100%
1969 65 0.000018703 65 -100%
1970 65 0.000018023 65 -100%
1971 80 0.000023308 80 -100%
1972 64 0.000020363 64 -100%
1973 59 0.000019557 59 -100%
1974 51 0.000016776 51 -100%
1975 46 0.000015235 46 -100%
1976 37 0.000012194 37 -100%
1977 37 0.000011648 37 -100%
1978 46 0.000014493 46 -100%
1979 52 0.00001563 52 -100%
1980 59 0.000017129 59 -100%
1981 40 0.000011563 40 -100%
1982 41 0.000011688 41 -100%
1983 41 0.000011838 41 -100%
1984 45 0.000012899 45 -100%
1985 38 0.000010647 38 -100%
1986 49 0.000013775 49 -100%
1987 55 0.000015254 55 -100%
1988 48 0.00001299 48 -100%
1989 53 0.000013786 53 -100%
1990 56 0.000014168 56 -100%
1991 48 0.000012323 48 -100%
1992 61 0.00001588 61 -100%
1993 45 0.000011935 45 -100%
1994 51 0.000013718 51 -100%
1995 45 0.000012288 45 -100%
1996 48 0.000013161 48 -100%
1997 50 0.00001379 50 -100%
1998 45 0.000012234 45 -100%
1999 49 0.000013265 49 -100%
2000 50 0.000013228 50 -100%
2001 62 0.000016563 62 -100%
2002 57 0.000015248 57 -100%
2003 71 0.000018673 71 -100%
2004 57 0.000014918 57 -100%
2005 75 0.000019507 75 -100%
2006 74 0.000018705 74 -100%
2007 73 0.000018261 73 -100%
2008 103 0.000026204 103 -100%
2009 77 0.000020156 77 -100%
2010 98 0.000026517 98 -100%
2011 107 0.000029253 107 -100%
2012 104 0.000028436 104 -100%
2013 94 0.000025784 94 -100%
2014 115 0.000031028 115 -100%
2015 118 0.000031884 118 -100%
2016 90 0.000024532 90 -100%
2017 99 0.000027683 99 -100%
2018 106 0.000030149 106 -100%
2019 95 0.00002737 95 -100%
2020 86 0.000025744 86 -100%
2021 87 0.000025679 87 -100%
2022 80 0.000023647 80 -100%
2023 71 0.000021442 71 -100%
2024 46 0.00001382 46 -100%

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