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.

Thorvald

#14,815 most common boys' name of all time · #38,459 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1888–1932

Rank among boys
#14,815
Rank overall
#38,459 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
114
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1916 #2,080
Best rank
#1,177 1888
Girls Boys peak 14/yr
19001920

Thorvald first appears in 1888. 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
1932 — 6 6 #3,431
1929 — 5 5 #4,037
1927 — 7 7 #3,513
1925 — 11 11 #2,629
1924 — 6 6 #3,938
1923 — 8 8 #3,236
1920 — 11 11 #2,643
1919 — 10 10 #2,707
1918 — 10 10 #2,740
1917 — 5 5 #4,054
1916 — 14 14 #2,080
1915 — 9 9 #2,675
1914 — 7 7 #2,702
1888 — 5 5 #1,177