Thorn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- THORN
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Thorn is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “thorn, prickly shrub”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Thorn mean?
English: English word, from Old English thorn
“thorn, prickly shrub”
Nature word name; also an English surname for someone who lived by a thorn bush.
Is Thorn a girl's or a boy's name?
Thorn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thorn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Thorn, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
2025 had more boys named Thorn than any year since 2007.
Half of all the boys named Thorn in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thorn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
Names like Thorn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru Tate Stetson Jackson Hudson Easton Kingston Jett Mason Tripp Holden Westin
Names related to Thorn
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Thorn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/thorn, updated 20 October 2026.