Thornton
Thornton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 440th, in 1888.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192175 births
- Best rank
- #440in 1888
- Since 1880
- 3,122people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,122 boys have been named Thornton in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 75 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 75 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1937, and the 1920s alone account for 18%. It has spent 44 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Thornton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 127 | |
| 1890s | 92 | |
| 1900s | 105 | |
| 1910s | 438 | |
| 1920s | 551 | |
| 1930s | 352 | |
| 1940s | 370 | |
| 1950s | 309 | |
| 1960s | 207 | |
| 1970s | 136 | |
| 1980s | 101 | |
| 1990s | 133 | |
| 2000s | 87 | |
| 2010s | 89 | |
| 2020s | 25 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Thornton was the 778th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Thornton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Roscoepeak 1920
- Finispeak 1922
- Frankpeak 1918
- Napoleonpeak 1926
- Ferdinandpeak 1918
- Monroepeak 1921
- Georgepeak 1921
- Granvillepeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.