Thornton
Boy
Thornton is a boys' name, meaning “thorn”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Thornton mean?
“thorn”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Thornton a girl's or a boy's name?
Thornton 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 Thornton 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 Thornton, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 75 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Thornton than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Thornton in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thornton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 26 | #1,604 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 20 | #1,757 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,756 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 28 | #1,486 |
| 1963 | 18 | #1,901 |
| 1962 | 28 | #1,478 |
| 1961 | 22 | #1,730 |
| 1960 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,708 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,592 |
| 1957 | 30 | #1,435 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,417 |
| 1955 | 22 | #1,645 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,360 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,213 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,226 |
| 1951 | 37 | #1,194 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,274 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,216 |
| 1947 | 44 | #1,092 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,144 |
| 1945 | 33 | #1,138 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,152 |
| 1943 | 46 | #986 |
| 1942 | 44 | #1,007 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,169 |
| 1940 | 34 | #1,135 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,052 |
| 1938 | 37 | #1,062 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,271 |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,057 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,281 |
| 1932 | 46 | #963 |
| 1931 | 34 | #1,170 |
| 1930 | 47 | #990 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1928 | 50 | #963 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,112 |
| 1926 | 46 | #1,018 |
| 1925 | 50 | #956 |
| 1924 | 67 | #823 |
| 1923 | 54 | #930 |
| 1922 | 71 | #794 |
| 1921 | 75 | #772 |
| 1920 | 68 | #812 |
| 1919 | 55 | #898 |
| 1918 | 51 | #933 |
| 1917 | 54 | #864 |
| 1916 | 58 | #810 |
| 1915 | 64 | #750 |
| 1914 | 43 | #802 |
| 1913 | 43 | #696 |
| 1912 | 31 | #783 |
| 1911 | 19 | #732 |
| 1910 | 20 | #654 |
| 1909 | 15 | #714 |
| 1908 | 11 | #825 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 17 | #568 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 10 | #760 |
| 1903 | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 9 | #727 |
| 1900 | 11 | #784 |
| 1899 | 17 | #457 |
| 1898 | 9 | #743 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 12 | #609 |
| 1894 | 11 | #630 |
| 1893 | 12 | #572 |
| 1892 | 11 | #640 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 17 | #446 |
| 1888 | 19 | #430 |
| 1887 | 10 | #583 |
| 1886 | 17 | #431 |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 13 | #497 |
| 1882 | 17 | #437 |
| 1881 | 10 | #563 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
Names like Thornton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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