Tor
Boy · TOR · Old Norse
Tor is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “thunder”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Tor mean?
Old Norse: Scandinavian form of Thor
“thunder”
Scandinavian form of Thor, the Norse god of thunder; tor is also an English word for a rocky hill.
- Say it
- TOR
Is Tor a girl's or a boy's name?
Tor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tor in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Tor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Tor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Tor, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1965, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the boys named Tor in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,020 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 23 | #1,649 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 30 | #1,404 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 11 | #2,536 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
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