How Many People Are Named Thorn?
An estimated 295 people in the United States have the first name Thorn. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Thorn peaked in popularity in 1988 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Thorn as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Thorn paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
295
About 1 in 1,161,879 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
1988
16 births
Total Registered
302
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Thorn
Thorn is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 302 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Thorn as a male name
Ranked #13,992 in 2024
5 male births in 2024
Peak: 1988 (16 births)
Thorn: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Thorn span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 98 babies were registered. While Thorn is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Thorn by Decade
How has Thorn tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Thorn + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Thorn as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Thorn
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Thorn: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Thorn?
We estimate approximately 295 people named Thorn are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,161,879 Americans share this first name.
Is Thorn a common name?
Thorn is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 79% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 302 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Thorn most popular?
Thorn reached peak popularity in 1988, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Thorn is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Thorn a male name?
Thorn is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Thorn Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Thorn Smith, Thorn Johnson, Thorn Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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