Torrey
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 79.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 302 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,066since 1938
Torrey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #4,701 | 21 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | #5,075 | 19 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #4,936 | 19 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #6,296 | 13 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #4,951 | 19 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #4,226 | 24 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #4,331 | 23 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #4,776 | 20 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #3,684 | 29 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #3,617 | 29 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #2,955 | 38 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #3,807 | 27 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #4,110 | 24 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #3,072 | 37 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #2,946 | 40 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 | #2,684 | 46 |
| 2007 | #6,812 | 19 | #3,090 | 37 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 | #3,083 | 35 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | #3,319 | 30 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 | #3,074 | 32 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 | #2,470 | 42 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | #2,337 | 44 |
| 2001 | #4,209 | 29 | #2,117 | 49 |
| 2000 | #4,185 | 29 | #2,222 | 44 |
| 1999 | #3,895 | 30 | #1,879 | 52 |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 | #1,622 | 64 |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 | #1,486 | 71 |
| 1996 | #3,237 | 36 | #1,616 | 60 |
| 1995 | #2,687 | 45 | #1,187 | 95 |
| 1994 | #2,661 | 46 | #1,070 | 109 |
| 1993 | #2,217 | 59 | #983 | 121 |
| 1992 | #3,144 | 36 | #1,130 | 95 |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 | #885 | 142 |
| 1990 | #3,078 | 36 | #970 | 116 |
| 1989 | #3,165 | 33 | #907 | 125 |
| 1988 | #3,483 | 27 | #832 | 130 |
| 1987 | #3,257 | 28 | #763 | 144 |
| 1986 | #3,277 | 27 | #828 | 120 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 | #1,033 | 79 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #938 | 88 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 | #922 | 92 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | #861 | 107 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #894 | 99 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 | #823 | 114 |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 | #667 | 164 |
| 1978 | #2,269 | 40 | #502 | 260 |
| 1977 | #2,341 | 38 | #462 | 302 |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 | #506 | 250 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 | #605 | 180 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 | #677 | 144 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #678 | 138 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #612 | 166 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | #673 | 151 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #747 | 122 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | #804 | 92 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #1,393 | 31 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #1,449 | 28 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #1,757 | 19 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #2,084 | 15 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1962 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #1,997 | 17 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #1,658 | 24 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | — | #2,494 | 11 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,662 | 9 | |
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| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
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| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
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| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Torrey! It came in at #3,534, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1938–1940, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Torrey is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#453 · 1 in 4,519
- Massachusetts#502 · 1 in 8,803
- Georgia#523 · 1 in 5,016
- Pennsylvania#719 · 1 in 13,713
- Michigan#734 · 1 in 11,835
Best ever in a state: #216 in Georgia, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #453 | 6 | 1 in 4,519 |
| Massachusetts | #502 | 5 | 1 in 8,803 |
| Georgia | #523 | 10 | 1 in 5,016 |
| Pennsylvania | #719 | 6 | 1 in 13,713 |
| Michigan | #734 | 6 | 1 in 11,835 |
| Florida | #756 | 9 | 1 in 10,190 |
| Illinois | #925 | 6 | 1 in 14,870 |
| Texas | #1,055 | 8 | 1 in 19,155 |
| California | #1,938 | 6 | 1 in 48,379 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Torrey
- 1,745 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #6,446)
- 150 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #6,446)
- 2,762 spots since 2015 (#3,684 → #6,446)
- Biggest jump: 589 spots in 1969 (#1,393 → #804)
- Biggest drop: 245 spots in 1992 (#885 → #1,130)
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1977 at #462 (302 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1969–1984
- Highest: 1 in 5,441 boys born in 1977 were named Torrey (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 37.1% of all boys named Torrey (1,877) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1958, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #3,534 (1938) | #3,534 |
| 1940s | 41 | #2,523 (1942) | #3,021 |
| 1950s | 78 | #2,111 (1959) | #2,934 |
| 1960s | 274 | #804 (1969) | #1,742 |
| 1970s | 1,877 | #462 (1977) | #613 |
| 1980s | 1,098 | #763 (1987) | #880 |
| 1990s | 925 | #885 (1991) | #1,283 |
| 2000s | 399 | #2,117 (2001) | #2,734 |
| 2010s | 270 | #2,955 (2013) | #3,953 |
| 2020s | 99 | #4,701 (2024) | #5,600 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Torrey in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 52,737 of them was named Torrey, which outranked 79.8% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,022Tinisha37
- #3,022Tionna37
- #3,022Tova37
- #3,078Torrey36
- #3,078Annaliese36
- #3,078Aya36
- #3,078Blaine36
- #3,156Adam35
- #3,156Akia35
- #3,156Alessia35
Tied with 77 names at #3,078; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 17,707 of them was named Torrey, which outranked 89.8% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #963Garrison117
- #963Marlin117
- #963Martell117
- #970Torrey116
- #970Davin116
- #970Dionte116
- #970Jedidiah116
- #980Bruno115
- #980Coby115
- #980Donny115
Tied with 9 names at #970; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.