Thorsen
Thorson or Thorsen are Swedish, Norwegian and Danish surnames, and a first name in the Kadaru language. Notable people with the surname include:
Meaning & Origin of Thorsen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Thorson or Thorsen are Swedish, Norwegian and Danish surnames, and a first name in the Kadaru language. Notable people with the surname include:
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The Story of Thorsen
Thorsen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1997, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2021: 13 births, good for #6,335 nationwide. About 45% of every Thorsen on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Thorsen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 55 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Thorsen
Thorsen is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 55 births in the dataset. Thorsen's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #6,335. Use the chart and map above to compare Thorsen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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