Thunder
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- THUN-der
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Thunder is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “thunder”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Thunder mean?
English: English word, from Old English thunor
“thunder”
From the English word thunder; Thunor was the Old English thunder god, the counterpart of Norse Thor.
Is Thunder a girl's or a boy's name?
Thunder is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thunder in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Thunder, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Thunder in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thunder in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Thunder
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
River, Aarav, Avi, Veer, Viraj, Dhruv, Vihaan, Krishiv, Ash, Rishi, Avyaan, Shivansh
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Thunder: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/thunder, updated 20 October 2026.