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Thor

Pronounced /θɔː/

Rank in 2024
#2,786
Born in 2024
46
Peak year
2015 · #1439
Origin
Germanic

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 46 boys were named Thor, about 1 in every 37,289.
  • It peaked in 2015 with 118 babies, ranked #1439.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1904.
  • 4,810 boys have been named Thor since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Thor per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 180 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 194 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 533 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 900 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 764 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,152 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,087 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Representing Old Norse Þórr. Cognate with Old English Þunor, Swedish Tor.

  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/θɔː/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Thor, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Tahir

    Rank
    #1,900
    Born '24
    83
    Origin
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    1880peak 20232024