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Thorne
OriginEnglish
Meaning"thorn thicket"
About Thorne
Rose and Briar are popular, and Hawthorn is cool – so why not the equally prickly Thorne? The E ending gives it a surnamey spin à la Hawthorne.
Thorne Smith (born James Thorne) was a comic fantasy writer most noted for his Topper novels.
As of October 2026, Thorne ranked #9614 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2951 in 1956.
Editor's take: The name Thorne is a boy's name of English origin meaning "thorn thicket".
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
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| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Famous Thornes
- (James) Thorne Smith
American novelist
- Thorne Webb Dreyer
American writer and counterculture activist
Thorne in pop culture
- Thorne Forrester
character on American soap "The Bold and the Beautiful"
- Tom Thorne
from novels by Mark Billingham and TV series "Thorne"
- Carswell Thorne
from The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
- Thorne Geary
character in Taboo (TV Series)
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