Torey

Where Torey comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Torey.

  • Vowel-ended
Torey through the years
  1. 1951
    Torey Hayden born
    Child psychologist, teacher, lecturer and non-fiction writer
  2. 1953
    First appearance
    #3,798 among boys with 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 on, more boys have.
  4. 1987
    Peak, #844
    123 babies named Torey, the most in any year.
  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.