Thorn
#9,413 most common boys' name of all time · #23,796 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1958–2025
Rank among boys
#9,413
Rank overall
#23,796 of 105,966
First appeared
1958
Years on the list
39 of 146
All-time
313
Since 2016
75
Peak year
1988 #3,278
Best rank
#3,278 1988
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Thorn first appears in 1958. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,792 |
| 2024 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,624 |
| 2023 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,081 |
| 2022 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,627 |
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,909 |
| 2020 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,882 |
| 2019 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,065 |
| 2018 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,953 |
| 2017 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,897 |
| 2016 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,280 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,769 |
| 2014 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,937 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,451 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,031 |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,605 |
| 2009 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,170 |
| 2008 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,306 |
| 2007 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,726 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,933 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,754 |
| 2004 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,130 |
| 2003 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,852 |
| 2000 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,085 |
| 1998 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,250 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,808 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,670 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,637 |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,575 |
| 1993 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,538 |
| 1992 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,816 |
| 1991 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,099 |
| 1990 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,543 |
| 1989 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,642 |
| 1988 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,278 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,714 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,952 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,530 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,498 |