Thore

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Thore: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Thore: Recorded since 1945, with a gap of 11 years, its highest recorded position is #98, and it was last ranked in 2006.

1registrar recorded it
46times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#98highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Thore's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Norway · Boys

Falling

among boys in Norway · 1945–2006

View as table

Norway · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1945	#98
1946	#108
1947	#125
1948	#103
1949	#129
1950	#117
1951	#131
1952	#132
1953	#121
1954	#147
1955	#155
1956	#148
1957	#166
1958	#169
1959	#181
1960	#166
1961	#236
1962	#173
1963	#216
1964	#189
1965	#172
1966	#181
1967	#172
1968	#200
1969	#205
1970	#213
1971	#225
1972	#374
1973	#334
1974	#340
1975	#507
1976	#626
1977	#432
1978	#402
1979	#366
1980	#415
1982	#406
1984	#517
1985	#601
1987	#512
1988	#564
1989	#559
1990	#510
1992	#568
1994	#612
2006	#568

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

FallingNorway · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 46 of the 62 years from 1945 to 2006.

Official data for Norway, 1945–2006 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #98 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2006
Highest recorded position: #98 among boys in Norway, in 1945 (recorded 1945–2006).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2006
Most recently recorded at #568 among boys in Norway, in 2006.
Norway · Boys

Thore by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Thore in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	255	5 of 10	51
1950s	343	10 of 10	34
1960s	275	10 of 10	28
1970s	128	10 of 10	13
1980s	52	7 of 10	7
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 51 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Thore appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2006. Highest recorded position: #98 in Norway in 1945.

Thore's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2006	Norway	male	#568	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#612	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#568	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#510	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#559	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#564	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#512	7	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#601	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#517	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#406	11	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#415	10	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#366	12	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#402	10	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#432	9	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#626	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#507	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#340	13	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#334	13	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#374	11	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#225	24	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#213	25	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#205	28	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#200	28	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#172	35	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#181	31	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#172	32	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#189	26	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#216	21	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#173	28	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#236	16	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#166	30	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#181	25	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#169	26	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#166	26	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#148	34	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#155	30	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#147	32	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#121	45	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#132	39	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#131	37	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#117	49	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#129	41	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#103	55	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#125	43	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#108	58	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#98	58	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1945 and 2006, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #98, first reached in 1945.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 58 births, registered in Norway in 1945.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Thora · #316, 42y
Thorbjørn · #112, 75y
Thorin · #741, 12y
Thorleif · #152, 37y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Hallgeir · #99, 47y
Ingjerd · #99, 51y
Unn · #97, 47y
Christin · #100, 48y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Helmer · #98, 25y
Ingar · #98, 62y
Stefan · #98, 76y
Anne-Marie · #97, 77y

Thore was ranked #98 in Norway · Boys in 1945. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Thore and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Thore without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Thore

Luca Compare
In 2005 they stood at #568 and #610 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #568 and #273.
Isaac Compare
In 2005 they stood at #510 and #530 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #568 and #292.
Benjamin Compare
In 1974 they stood at #340 and #343 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #507 and #244.
Ben Compare
In 1993 they stood at #568 and #583 in Norway · Boys; by 1994 that had become #612 and #361.

Moved the opposite way to Thore

Aksel Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Thore went from #98 to #568 while Aksel went from #174 to #65.
Andreas Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Thore went from #98 to #568 while Andreas went from #140 to #4.
Christian Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Thore went from #98 to #568 while Christian went from #161 to #45.
Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Thore went from #98 to #568 while Daniel went from #280 to #7.

Moved the same way as Thore

Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Thore went from #98 to #568 and Arild from #32 to #367.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Thore went from #98 to #568 and Arne from #6 to #179.
Arthur Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Thore went from #98 to #568 and Arthur from #153 to #263.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Thore went from #98 to #568 and Bjørn from #3 to #130.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1945 to 2006. Highest recorded position: #98 in Norway in 1945. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Thore

Thore at a glance

What stands out in Thore's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Thore by decade in Norway · Boys

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Thore

Thore and the names beside it

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Thore at a glance

What stands out in Thore's record

Thore by decade in Norway · Boys

Thore appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Thore

Thore and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Thore

Moved the opposite way to Thore

Moved the same way as Thore