Torey

Where Torey comes from

The dictionaries list Torey as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Victoria — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1951
    Torey Hayden born
    Child psychologist, teacher, lecturer and non-fiction writer
  2. 1953
    First appearance
    #3,798 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1964
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1987
    Peak, #844
    123 babies named Torey — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1991
    Torey Krug born
    American ice hockey player
  6. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,616.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Victoria.
Namesakes
  • Torey Krug · American ice hockey player, born 1991
  • Torey Hayden · Child psychologist, teacher, lecturer and non-fiction writer, born 1951
  • Torey Thomas · American basketball player, born 1985
  • Torey Lovullo · American former professional baseball player, coach and manager, born 1965

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.