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How popular is the name Thorn?
Births per year, rank history and how many Thorns are alive today.
Thorn (male), a spelling of Thorne, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2022 (ranked 4790th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2016, when 3 babies were given the name, the 4810th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Thorne you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Thornes born in England and Wales are between 8 and 26, and there are at least 84 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Thorne - on average, only one in every 3,608 such rooms contains a Thorne.
How many babies are named Thorn each year?
Includes all spellings: Thorn, Thorne. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Thorn spelling rank?
Where does the Thorne spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Thorn most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Thorne, peaked in 2022, when 6 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Thorn spelling itself peaked in 2016, with 3 babies.
How many people are called Thorn?
At least 84 people named Thorn in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Thorn?
Most living Thorns are between 8 and 26; the most common age is about 5.
Is Thorn becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.