Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Thorton

#19,955 most common boys' name of all time · #52,443 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1920–2019

Rank among boys
#19,955
Rank overall
#52,443 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
48
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1928 #3,659
Best rank
#3,659 1928
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
19201940196019802000

Thorton first appears in 1920. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2019 — 6 6 #10,957
2012 — 5 5 #12,473
1994 — 5 5 #9,010
1989 — 5 5 #8,161
1948 — 5 5 #4,059
1929 — 5 5 #4,444
1928 — 7 7 #3,659
1922 — 5 5 #4,812
1920 — 5 5 #4,978