Torrance

Where Torrance comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Torrance.

  • Vowel-ended
Torrance through the years
  1. 1940
    First appearance
    #3,459 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1949
    Torrance Fleischmann born
    American equestrian
  3. 1973
    Peak, #710
    128 babies named Torrance, the most in any year.
  4. 1981
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,154.
  5. 1983
    Torrance Coombs born
    Canadian actor
  6. 2025
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Torrance Coombs · Canadian actor, born 1983
  • Torrance Fleischmann · American equestrian, born 1949
  • Torrance Marshall · American football player, born 1977
  • Torrance Small · American football player, born 1970

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.