There were 1102 recorded tornadoes in the U.S. in 1973. Note however that at this point in history a significant portion of of weak tornadoes were missed. The actual number of tornadoes was probably significantly higher than this figure.
There were 1297 recorded tornadoes in the U.S. in 1992.
There were 1082 recorded tornadoes in the U.S. in 1994.
There were 1235 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. in 1995
There were 1173 recorded tornadoes in the U.S. in 1996.
There were 1132 recorded tornadoes in the U.S. in 1991.
There were 1173 confirmed tornadoes in the U.S. in 1993.
There were 940 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. in 2012.
There were 1265 confirmed tornadoes in the U.S. in 2005.
There were 934 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. in 2002.
There were 1,817 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. in 2004.
There were 1,103 recorded tornadoes in the U.S. in 2006.
Global data is not available, but the US had 1075 recorded tornadoes in 2000.