Thorsten
Boy · TOR-sten · Old Norse
Thorsten is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “Thor's stone”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Thorsten mean?
Old Norse: Scandinavian and German form of Old Norse Thorsteinn
“Thor's stone”
From Old Norse Thorsteinn, joining the thunder god Thor with steinn 'stone'.
- Say it
- TOR-sten
Is Thorsten a girl's or a boy's name?
Thorsten is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thorsten in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Thorsten, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Thorsten in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thorsten in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
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