Thora
Thora is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 27 births. Its best rank was 626th, in 1894.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 270.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 191672 births
- Best rank
- #626in 1894
- Since 1883
- 2,404people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,404 girls have been named Thora in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1916, with 72 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1925, and the 1910s alone account for 22%. It has spent 34 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Thora | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 47 | |
| 1890s | 160 | |
| 1900s | 201 | |
| 1910s | 519 | |
| 1920s | 434 | |
| 1930s | 204 | |
| 1940s | 138 | |
| 1950s | 101 | |
| 1960s | 42 | |
| 1970s | 35 | |
| 1980s | 5 | |
| 1990s | 12 | |
| 2000s | 83 | |
| 2010s | 228 | |
| 2020s | 195 |
In 1916, its biggest year
Thora was the 808th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1916 were Mary, Helen, Dorothy, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1916.
Names that rose and fell with Thora
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hazelpeak 1918
- Agathapeak 1918
- Selmapeak 1918
- Goldiapeak 1918
- Henrettapeak 1916
- Exiepeak 1921
- Eulaliapeak 1921
- Margueritepeak 1918
Other spellings in the data
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.