Meaning and history
From a surname derived from a place name meaning “thorn town” in Old English.
20062006: 12 births, rank #6,460
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: 7 births, rank #9,871
2009: 12 births, rank #6,802
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
20112011: 9 births, rank #8,079
2012: 8 births, rank #8,864
2013: 10 births, rank #7,537
2014: 11 births, rank #7,048
2015: 9 births, rank #8,040
20162016: 10 births, rank #7,605
2017: 13 births, rank #6,338
2018: 11 births, rank #7,136
2019: 8 births, rank #8,889
2020: 8 births, rank #8,739
20212021: 6 births, rank #10,799
2022: no US SSA record for this spelling
2023: 5 births, rank #12,239
2024: 6 births, rank #10,938
20252025: 10 births, rank #7,679
Thornton moved from #978 to #994 for boys between 1932 and 1943. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 75 births.