Thorne
Boy · THORN · English
Thorne is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “thorn bush”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Thorne mean?
English: English surname and place name, from Old English thorn
“thorn bush”
Originally a surname for someone living by a thorn bush, or from places such as Thorne in South Yorkshire.
- Say it
- THORN
Is Thorne a girl's or a boy's name?
Thorne is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thorne in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Thorne, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the boys named Thorne in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thorne in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
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