Given name & surname
Thunder
“one with a temper”
Thunder is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one with a temper.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one with a temper.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thunder through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 562
- 562 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 18
- #5,368 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +11%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,368 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 10.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 30 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 479 as a first name in 2020; 586 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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