Thornton was the #7,679 boys' name in the US in 2025 (10 babies).
Thornton as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#7,679 (10)
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2024
#10,938 (6)
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2023
#12,239 (5)
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2021
#10,799 (6)
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2020
#8,739 (8)
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2019
#8,889 (8)
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2018
#7,136 (11)
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2017
#6,338 (13)
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2016
#7,605 (10)
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2015
#8,040 (9)
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2014
#7,048 (11)
#4,632 (3)
2013
#7,537 (10)
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2012
#8,864 (8)
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2011
#8,079 (9)
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2009
#6,802 (12)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1899 at #457.
Holding steady over the last five years.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
How common is it?
about 1 in 170,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.