Torrey

Where Torrey comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Torrey.

  • Vowel-ended
Torrey through the years
  1. 1938
    First appearance
    #3,534 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1977
    Peak, #462
    302 babies named Torrey, the most in any year.
  4. 1980
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #823.
  5. 1985
    Torrey Mitchell born
    Canadian ice hockey player
  6. 1990
    Torrey Craig born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Torrey Craig · American basketball player, born 1990
  • Torrey Mitchell · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1985
  • Torrey Smith · American football player, born 1989
  • Torrey Johnson · Protestant evangelist, 1909–2002
  • Torrey Westrom · American politician, born 1973

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.