Thorsten
Thorsten is a Scandinavian given name. The Old Norse name was Þórsteinn. It is a compound of the theonym Þór (Thor) and steinn "stone", which became Thor and sten in Old Danish and Old Swedish.
- Swedish
- Danish
- German
Meaning & Origin of Thorsten
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Thorsten is a Scandinavian given name. The Old Norse name was Þórsteinn. It is a compound of the theonym Þór (Thor) and steinn "stone", which became Thor and sten in Old Danish and Old Swedish.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- Danish
- German
The Story of Thorsten
American parents first put Thorsten on the record books as a baby boy name in 1969, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2020, when 18 Thorstens were born — ranking #5,037 that year. About 45% of every Thorsten on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Thorsten ranks #7,605 for baby boys with 8 births, falling sharply (-20%). All told, over 237 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Thorsten
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About the name Thorsten
Thorsten is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 237 births in the dataset. Thorsten's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #3,315. Use the chart and map above to compare Thorsten'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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