Thor
Meaning
from Old Norse; the god of thunder in Norse mythology
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Thor peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
1,937 people · the #5,218 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 100,000 · median age 8
Among people named Thor living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 319 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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