Thornton

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning town with thorn bushes or hawthorn trees.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Thornton was given to 13 American babies in 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 75 in 1921.

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