Thor

maleStatistical record

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

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

Thor: Recorded every year since 1945, its highest recorded position is #39, and it stood at #217 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
109times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#39highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Thor's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 30 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2022
2000	#1425
2001	#2220
2002	#2005
2003	#2470
2004	#3009
2005	#2174
2006	#1744
2007	#4333
2008	#1953
2009	#2126
2010	#2941
2011	#2390
2012	#1756
2013	#1706
2014	#1721
2015	#1786
2016	#1431
2017	#1812
2018	#1324
2019	#1655
2020	#1825
2021	#1782
2022	#2320
2023	#1533
2024	#3688

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2024: #191 among boys in Norway, #3688 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #40 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #39 among boys in Norway, in 1946 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #217 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Thor appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 7,178 births with the name.

Thor across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Thor's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#40 (1945)	#39 (1946)	#217 (2025)	81 of 81	7,178 (1945–2025)	230 (1946)
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#1324 (2018)	#3688 (2024)	27 of 29	264 (1996–2024)	19 (2018)

Thor 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 Thor in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940sbusiest	1,047	5 of 10	209
1950s	1,674	10 of 10	167
1960s	1,541	10 of 10	154
1970s	931	10 of 10	93
1980s	650	10 of 10	65
1990s	452	10 of 10	45
2000s	265	10 of 10	27
2010s	428	10 of 10	43
2020s	190	6 of 10	32

Across Norway · Boys, the 1940s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 209 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1963 and 1964, when recorded births rose by 46, from 131 to 177.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Thor appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #39 in Norway in 1946.

Thor'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1782	13	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1324	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#217	20	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#191	25	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#183	28	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#155	34	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#120	48	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#137	35	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#139	43	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#133	47	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#130	53	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#147	43	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#153	40	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#123	58	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#142	48	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#164	38	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#181	32	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#206	26	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#213	27	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#185	30	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#199	28	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#189	29	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#227	21	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#201	26	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#211	26	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#203	26	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#207	26	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#210	26	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#198	29	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#212	25	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#190	31	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#170	37	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#147	47	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#146	47	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#140	48	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#126	55	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#101	72	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#123	61	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#130	58	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#165	44	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#132	58	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#122	69	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#108	78	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#143	50	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#126	63	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#128	63	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#97	81	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#94	86	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#100	83	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#109	73	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#115	63	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#96	84	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#107	83	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#85	102	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#93	91	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#74	124	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#92	99	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#68	129	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#62	140	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#66	132	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#61	144	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#55	165	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#55	158	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#54	177	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#60	131	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#49	166	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#53	161	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#50	167	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#52	156	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#57	136	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#48	164	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#51	161	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#50	167	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#45	182	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#46	178	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#43	186	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#47	167	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#46	177	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#43	190	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#40	212	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#40	202	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#39	230	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#40	213	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #39, first reached in 1946.

It held a top-100 place in 34 years, 30 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 230 births, registered in Norway in 1946.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 71 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

Thomas-James · #1367, 24y
Thomasina · #357, 35y
Thora · #316, 42y
Thorbjørn · #112, 75y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Ragnar · #42, 81y
Sonja · #35, 81y
Edvin · #45, 81y
Johan · #31, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

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

Agnes · #39, 81y
Fred · #39, 81y
Kay · #39, 74y
Ane · #40, 73y

Thor was ranked #39 in Norway · Boys in 1946. 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.

Thor 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 Thor without appearing here.

Thor moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4333 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1953 and #4432.
Einar Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4333 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2390 and #4647.
Robyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3009 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #4678.
Kim Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4333 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1953 and #3687.

Moved ahead of Thor

Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1744 and #2087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #2023.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #1460.
Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2126 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2941 and #1201.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2470 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3009 and #1347.

Moved the opposite way to Thor

Daniel Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Thor went from #40 to #217 while Daniel went from #280 to #66.
David Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Thor went from #40 to #217 while David went from #167 to #88.
Emil Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Thor went from #40 to #217 while Emil went from #271 to #2.
Even Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Thor went from #40 to #217 while Even went from #180 to #42.

Moved the same way as Thor

Arild Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Thor went from #40 to #217 and Arild from #32 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Thor went from #40 to #217 and Arne from #6 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Thor went from #40 to #217 and Bjørn from #3 to #56.
Dag Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Thor went from #40 to #217 and Dag from #48 to #426.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #39 in Norway in 1946. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Thor

Thor at a glance

What stands out in Thor's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Thor across 2 official records

Thor by decade in Norway · Boys

Thor appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Thor and the names beside it

Thor moved ahead of

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Thor at a glance

What stands out in Thor's record

Thor across 2 official records

Thor by decade in Norway · Boys

Thor 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 Thor

Thor and the names beside it

Thor moved ahead of

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