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Thornton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 10 in 2025. Its best rank was #440 in 1888.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #440 in 1888; #8,190 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Thornton in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#8,190 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1888, at #440.
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Thornton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 10 boys in 2025. Peak: #440 in 1888 · most boys in one year: 75 (1921).
In 2025, 10 US boys were named Thornton, making it the 8,190th most common boys’ name of the year, up 4,015 places from #12,205 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 6 boys named Thornton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #440, reached in 1888. The most boys given the name in a single year was 75, in 1921. For comparison, it was #8,673 in 2015 and #1,166 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Thornton in 141 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 12 babies. In all, 3,132 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 551 babies named Thornton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 77 US boys were named Thornton; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 13. In 2025 that was about 1 in 170,808 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 10 | #8,190 |
| 2024 | — | — | 6 | #12,205 |
| 2023 | — | — | 5 | #13,984 |
| 2021 | — | — | 6 | #11,989 |
| 2020 | — | — | 8 | #9,474 |
| 2019 | — | — | 8 | #9,652 |
| 2018 | — | — | 11 | #7,564 |
| 2017 | — | — | 13 | #6,627 |
| 2016 | — | — | 10 | #8,090 |
| 2015 | — | — | 9 | #8,673 |
| 2014 | — | — | 11 | #7,509 |
| 2013 | — | — | 10 | #8,047 |
| 2012 | — | — | 8 | #9,614 |
| 2011 | — | — | 9 | #8,687 |
| 2009 | — | — | 12 | #7,190 |
| 2008 | — | — | 7 | #10,926 |
| 2006 | — | — | 12 | #6,868 |
| 2005 | — | — | 9 | #8,235 |
| 2004 | — | — | 10 | #7,472 |
| 2003 | — | — | 11 | #6,677 |
| 2002 | — | — | 6 | #10,533 |
| 2001 | — | — | 8 | #8,249 |
| 2000 | — | — | 12 | #5,878 |
| 1999 | — | — | 10 | #6,477 |
| 1998 | — | — | 14 | #4,849 |
| 1997 | — | — | 14 | #4,647 |
| 1996 | — | — | 16 | #4,172 |
| 1995 | — | — | 14 | #4,487 |
| 1994 | — | — | 12 | #5,086 |
| 1993 | — | — | 14 | #4,428 |
| 1992 | — | — | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1991 | — | — | 7 | #7,201 |
| 1990 | — | — | 16 | #3,759 |
| 1989 | — | — | 12 | #4,501 |
| 1988 | — | — | 9 | #5,175 |
| 1987 | — | — | 16 | #3,186 |
| 1986 | — | — | 9 | #4,814 |
| 1985 | — | — | 8 | #5,104 |
| 1984 | — | — | 9 | #4,521 |
| 1983 | — | — | 11 | #3,854 |
| 1981 | — | — | 9 | #4,465 |
| 1980 | — | — | 18 | #2,721 |
| 1979 | — | — | 12 | #3,550 |
| 1978 | — | — | 9 | #4,131 |
| 1977 | — | — | 11 | #3,585 |
| 1976 | — | — | 13 | #3,081 |
| 1975 | — | — | 20 | #2,281 |
| 1974 | — | — | 14 | #2,788 |
| 1973 | — | — | 17 | #2,395 |
| 1972 | — | — | 13 | #2,809 |
| 1971 | — | — | 15 | #2,545 |
| 1970 | — | — | 12 | #2,879 |
| 1969 | — | — | 26 | #1,637 |
| 1968 | — | — | 18 | #1,956 |
| 1967 | — | — | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1966 | — | — | 19 | #1,806 |
| 1965 | — | — | 11 | #2,602 |
| 1964 | — | — | 28 | #1,507 |
| 1963 | — | — | 18 | #1,954 |
| 1962 | — | — | 28 | #1,513 |
| 1961 | — | — | 22 | #1,771 |
| 1960 | — | — | 17 | #2,030 |
| 1959 | — | — | 22 | #1,757 |
| 1958 | — | — | 24 | #1,636 |
| 1957 | — | — | 30 | #1,451 |
| 1956 | — | — | 30 | #1,440 |
| 1955 | — | — | 22 | #1,677 |
| 1954 | — | — | 31 | #1,379 |
| 1953 | — | — | 38 | #1,230 |
| 1952 | — | — | 36 | #1,241 |
| 1951 | — | — | 37 | #1,217 |
| 1950 | — | — | 39 | #1,166 |
| 1949 | — | — | 32 | #1,295 |
| 1948 | — | — | 35 | #1,229 |
| 1947 | — | — | 44 | #1,107 |
| 1946 | — | — | 37 | #1,155 |
| 1945 | — | — | 33 | #1,161 |
| 1944 | — | — | 33 | #1,170 |
| 1943 | — | — | 46 | #994 |
| 1942 | — | — | 44 | #1,023 |
| 1941 | — | — | 32 | #1,185 |
| 1940 | — | — | 34 | #1,154 |
| 1939 | — | — | 37 | #1,069 |
| 1938 | — | — | 37 | #1,075 |
| 1937 | — | — | 33 | #1,166 |
| 1936 | — | — | 27 | #1,292 |
| 1935 | — | — | 37 | #1,075 |
| 1934 | — | — | 27 | #1,320 |
| 1933 | — | — | 27 | #1,306 |
| 1932 | — | — | 46 | #978 |
| 1931 | — | — | 34 | #1,192 |
| 1930 | — | — | 47 | #1,005 |
| 1929 | — | — | 29 | #1,336 |
| 1928 | — | — | 50 | #976 |
| 1927 | — | — | 41 | #1,127 |
| 1926 | — | — | 46 | #1,031 |
| 1925 | — | — | 50 | #971 |
| 1924 | — | — | 67 | #834 |
| 1923 | — | — | 54 | #937 |
| 1922 | — | — | 71 | #799 |
| 1921 | — | — | 75 | #778 |
| 1920 | — | — | 68 | #815 |
| 1919 | — | — | 55 | #906 |
| 1918 | — | — | 51 | #940 |
| 1917 | — | — | 54 | #873 |
| 1916 | — | — | 58 | #819 |
| 1915 | — | — | 64 | #755 |
| 1914 | — | — | 43 | #815 |
| 1913 | — | — | 43 | #707 |
| 1912 | — | — | 31 | #797 |
| 1911 | — | — | 19 | #755 |
| 1910 | — | — | 20 | #674 |
| 1909 | — | — | 15 | #750 |
| 1908 | — | — | 11 | #871 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,191 |
| 1906 | — | — | 17 | #586 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,082 |
| 1904 | — | — | 10 | #806 |
| 1903 | — | — | 10 | #776 |
| 1902 | — | — | 8 | #920 |
| 1901 | — | — | 9 | #775 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #831 |
| 1899 | — | — | 17 | #478 |
| 1898 | — | — | 9 | #797 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #1,050 |
| 1896 | — | — | 8 | #890 |
| 1895 | — | — | 12 | #637 |
| 1894 | — | — | 11 | #665 |
| 1893 | — | — | 12 | #609 |
| 1892 | — | — | 11 | #684 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #987 |
| 1889 | — | — | 17 | #462 |
| 1888 | — | — | 19 | #440 |
| 1887 | — | — | 10 | #628 |
| 1886 | — | — | 17 | #448 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #1,088 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #840 |
| 1883 | — | — | 13 | #522 |
| 1882 | — | — | 17 | #447 |
| 1881 | — | — | 10 | #588 |
| 1880 | — | — | 12 | #562 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).