Meaning not yet researched.
Torrence: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 13 in 2025. Its best rank was #893 in 1973.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #893 in 1973; #6,766 in 2025. About 72% of babies named Torrence in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#6,766 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1973, at #893.
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Torrence: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 13 boys in 2025. Peak: #893 in 1973 · most boys in one year: 81 (1973).
In 2025, 13 US boys were named Torrence, making it the 6,766th most common boys’ name of the year, up 454 places from #7,220 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 12 boys named Torrence in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #893, reached in 1973. That year also had the most boys given the name: 81. For comparison, it was #4,389 in 2015 and #2,429 in 1950.
In 2025, 5 US girls were named Torrence, making it the 17,065th most common girls’ name of the year. Its best rank for girls was #5,407, reached in 2003. That year also had the most girls given the name: 23. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Torrence in 100 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1912 with 7 babies. In all, 3,395 US babies have been given the name, 5.6% of them girls and 94% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 711 babies named Torrence.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 204 US boys were named Torrence; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 33. In 2025 that was about 1 in 131,390 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Torrance (4,152 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Torrence in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #17,065 | 13 | #6,766 |
| 2024 | — | — | 12 | #7,220 |
| 2023 | — | — | 22 | #4,728 |
| 2022 | — | — | 15 | #6,126 |
| 2021 | — | — | 15 | #6,005 |
| 2020 | 5 | #17,321 | 12 | #6,995 |
| 2019 | — | — | 26 | #4,101 |
| 2018 | 6 | #15,526 | 29 | #3,786 |
| 2017 | 8 | #12,641 | 27 | #3,975 |
| 2016 | — | — | 33 | #3,434 |
| 2015 | — | — | 23 | #4,389 |
| 2014 | 6 | #16,368 | 30 | #3,607 |
| 2013 | 7 | #14,484 | 37 | #3,052 |
| 2012 | — | — | 49 | #2,546 |
| 2011 | 8 | #13,261 | 50 | #2,502 |
| 2010 | 8 | #13,358 | 31 | #3,518 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,661 | 26 | #4,023 |
| 2008 | 10 | #11,539 | 33 | #3,413 |
| 2007 | 12 | #10,094 | 43 | #2,803 |
| 2006 | 9 | #12,361 | 35 | #3,148 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,800 | 42 | #2,649 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,805 | 36 | #2,878 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,407 | 36 | #2,774 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,678 | 34 | #2,814 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,600 | 40 | #2,481 |
| 2000 | — | — | 32 | #2,859 |
| 1999 | — | — | 36 | #2,506 |
| 1998 | — | — | 36 | #2,444 |
| 1997 | — | — | 33 | #2,500 |
| 1996 | — | — | 35 | #2,328 |
| 1995 | — | — | 47 | #1,862 |
| 1994 | — | — | 38 | #2,176 |
| 1993 | — | — | 70 | #1,397 |
| 1992 | — | — | 57 | #1,568 |
| 1991 | — | — | 66 | #1,409 |
| 1990 | — | — | 50 | #1,657 |
| 1989 | — | — | 55 | #1,514 |
| 1988 | — | — | 65 | #1,284 |
| 1987 | — | — | 55 | #1,364 |
| 1986 | — | — | 63 | #1,216 |
| 1985 | — | — | 53 | #1,331 |
| 1984 | — | — | 57 | #1,226 |
| 1983 | — | — | 65 | #1,119 |
| 1982 | — | — | 43 | #1,484 |
| 1981 | — | — | 52 | #1,292 |
| 1980 | — | — | 48 | #1,376 |
| 1979 | — | — | 59 | #1,191 |
| 1978 | — | — | 66 | #1,077 |
| 1977 | — | — | 68 | #1,052 |
| 1976 | — | — | 72 | #989 |
| 1975 | — | — | 75 | #952 |
| 1974 | — | — | 68 | #1,001 |
| 1973 | — | — | 81 | #893 |
| 1972 | — | — | 74 | #941 |
| 1971 | — | — | 76 | #940 |
| 1970 | — | — | 72 | #950 |
| 1969 | — | — | 52 | #1,082 |
| 1968 | — | — | 36 | #1,279 |
| 1967 | — | — | 41 | #1,179 |
| 1966 | — | — | 35 | #1,297 |
| 1965 | — | — | 36 | #1,292 |
| 1964 | — | — | 35 | #1,348 |
| 1963 | — | — | 32 | #1,399 |
| 1962 | — | — | 17 | #2,029 |
| 1961 | — | — | 36 | #1,347 |
| 1960 | — | — | 26 | #1,617 |
| 1959 | — | — | 27 | #1,556 |
| 1958 | — | — | 17 | #2,021 |
| 1957 | — | — | 18 | #1,948 |
| 1956 | — | — | 13 | #2,355 |
| 1955 | — | — | 16 | #2,040 |
| 1954 | — | — | 7 | #3,430 |
| 1953 | — | — | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1952 | — | — | 14 | #2,148 |
| 1951 | — | — | 10 | #2,649 |
| 1950 | — | — | 11 | #2,429 |
| 1949 | — | — | 7 | #3,276 |
| 1948 | — | — | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1947 | — | — | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1946 | — | — | 7 | #3,146 |
| 1943 | — | — | 9 | #2,720 |
| 1942 | — | — | 5 | #4,000 |
| 1941 | — | — | 7 | #3,112 |
| 1939 | — | — | 5 | #3,931 |
| 1938 | — | — | 7 | #3,152 |
| 1936 | — | — | 7 | #3,127 |
| 1932 | — | — | 7 | #3,340 |
| 1931 | — | — | 9 | #2,852 |
| 1929 | — | — | 7 | #3,527 |
| 1926 | — | — | 8 | #3,361 |
| 1925 | — | — | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1924 | — | — | 9 | #3,234 |
| 1921 | — | — | 12 | #2,615 |
| 1920 | — | — | 7 | #3,783 |
| 1919 | — | — | 12 | #2,500 |
| 1918 | — | — | 10 | #2,863 |
| 1917 | — | — | 11 | #2,546 |
| 1916 | — | — | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1914 | — | — | 7 | #2,885 |
| 1912 | — | — | 7 | #2,252 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).