Thorwald

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Thorwald has been given to 54 babies in the U.S. since 1893. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1923, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Thorwald, 1928

1 in 323,000

Thorwald over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Thorwald: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Thorwald means

Thorwald is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Thorwald is used in German.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 54 boys were recorded with the name Thorwald between 1893 and 1928. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1923; its best national rank was #829 in 1893.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Thorwald?

Thorwald had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1928, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1928: 1 in 323,000; 7 of 2,260,857 births
Among boys only: 1 in 158,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1928: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 223,874 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Thorwald sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1928 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 223,874 children born in 1928 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Thorwald. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Thorwalds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Thorwald was born before 1920 — so the typical Thorwald is around 105 today.

Median birth year: 1920; About 105 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 57.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 85.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 57.4% of all recorded uses (31).

Is Thorwald rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1923 (10)
Years since peak: 102; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #829; 1893

Thorwald by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #829; 1893
Peak year: 1923; 10 that year
First recorded: 1893
Last recorded: 1928
All-time count: 54
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Thorwald

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Thorwald

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Filomena Novella Aletha Dorcas Vernice Albertha Bethel Rosina

For a brother

Elwin Rubin Bertram Alvis Eldridge Hobert Harland Walton

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