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A name. A world of connections.
Old Norse roots
/tuːr/ · Swedish
01 / Meaning & origin
Tor is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, Turkish, Swedish and 5 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Þórr.
Separate records with matching spellings: Tór (Danish, Icelandic)
From Old Norse Þórr. Cognate with Faroese Tórur, Icelandic Þór, and Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish Tor.
02 / Across borders
Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.
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6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
United States, 2025: 12 boys (rank 6803).
Explore United States4 of 10 countries
03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Tor
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 465 | 14 | observed |
| 1946 | 523 | 14 | observed |
| 1947 | 504 | 14 | observed |
| 1948 | 545 | 10 | observed |
| 1949 | 493 | 12 | observed |
| 1950 | 512 | 10 | observed |
| 1951 | 504 | 11 | observed |
| 1952 | 490 | 10 | observed |
| 1953 | 519 | 10 | observed |
| 1954 | 499 | 11 | observed |
| 1955 | 535 | 10 | observed |
| 1956 | 451 | 13 | observed |
| 1957 | 487 | 11 | observed |
| 1958 | 516 | 13 | observed |
| 1959 | 496 | 12 | observed |
| 1960 | 503 | 13 | observed |
| 1961 | 509 | 12 | observed |
| 1962 | 436 | 18 | observed |
| 1963 | 508 | 14 | observed |
| 1964 | 510 | 14 | observed |
| 1965 | 502 | 14 | observed |
| 1966 | 515 | 14 | observed |
| 1967 | 553 | 12 | observed |
| 1968 | 513 | 13 | observed |
| 1969 | 487 | 13 | observed |
| 1970 | 399 | 17 | observed |
| 1971 | 436 | 13 | observed |
| 1972 | 420 | 15 | observed |
| 1973 | 400 | 16 | observed |
| 1974 | 354 | 15 | observed |
| 1975 | 304 | 21 | observed |
| 1976 | 303 | 21 | observed |
| 1977 | 317 | 18 | observed |
| 1978 | 279 | 21 | observed |
| 1979 | 265 | 24 | observed |
| 1980 | 301 | 19 | observed |
| 1981 | 266 | 26 | observed |
| 1982 | 261 | 24 | observed |
| 1983 | 261 | 22 | observed |
| 1984 | 265 | 22 | observed |
| 1985 | 228 | 28 | observed |
| 1986 | 217 | 33 | observed |
| 1987 | 181 | 43 | observed |
| 1988 | 197 | 37 | observed |
| 1989 | 195 | 44 | observed |
| 1990 | 184 | 47 | observed |
| 1991 | 195 | 45 | observed |
| 1992 | 181 | 48 | observed |
| 1993 | 136 | 62 | observed |
| 1994 | 168 | 47 | observed |
| 1995 | 129 | 61 | observed |
| 1996 | 141 | 55 | observed |
| 1997 | 138 | 55 | observed |
| 1998 | 114 | 68 | observed |
| 1999 | 111 | 70 | observed |
| 2000 | 97 | 78 | observed |
| 2001 | 80 | 88 | observed |
| 2002 | 72 | 99 | observed |
| 2003 | 58 | 117 | observed |
| 2004 | 55 | 127 | observed |
| 2005 | 75 | 106 | observed |
| 2006 | 62 | 124 | observed |
| 2007 | 55 | 130 | observed |
| 2008 | 46 | 145 | observed |
| 2009 | 44 | 149 | observed |
| 2010 | 38 | 162 | observed |
| 2011 | 31 | 182 | observed |
| 2012 | 44 | 145 | observed |
| 2013 | 46 | 145 | observed |
| 2014 | 28 | 199 | observed |
| 2015 | 36 | 164 | observed |
| 2016 | 46 | 142 | observed |
| 2017 | 34 | 166 | observed |
| 2018 | 40 | 151 | observed |
| 2019 | 28 | 186 | observed |
| 2020 | 33 | 142 | observed |
| 2021 | 29 | 166 | observed |
| 2022 | 39 | 140 | observed |
| 2023 | 32 | 165 | observed |
| 2024 | 30 | 162 | observed |
| 2025 | 22 | 199 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Tor” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Norwegian association football player
Norwegian singer, composer and musician
cross-country skier
Norwegian author (1939–2025)
Swedish violinist, conductor and composer (1866–1914)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022
Statistics Sweden (SCB) · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
