Torry
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #7,768
Given to boys 86.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1976 · 71 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,460since 1946
Torry 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,236 | 11 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,393 | 13 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,661 | 15 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,781 | 14 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,824 | 17 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | — | #3,838 | 22 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #4,188 | 19 |
| 2001 | — | #3,721 | 22 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,708 | 19 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,823 | 27 | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #2,400 | 32 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #2,041 | 40 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #2,257 | 34 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #2,303 | 32 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #2,344 | 30 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #2,308 | 30 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #2,106 | 33 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #1,989 | 32 |
| 1987 | — | #1,896 | 33 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,511 | 44 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #2,427 | 21 |
| 1984 | — | #2,529 | 19 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #1,822 | 30 |
| 1982 | — | #1,654 | 36 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #1,661 | 35 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #1,449 | 43 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #1,407 | 44 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #1,186 | 56 |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 | #1,093 | 63 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #990 | 71 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #1,191 | 50 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #1,485 | 33 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #1,441 | 35 |
| 1971 | — | #1,526 | 32 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,989 | 20 | |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #1,767 | 22 |
| 1968 | — | #2,445 | 12 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,711 | 21 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,546 | 11 | |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
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| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Torry! It came in at #3,525, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1946–1956, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Torry is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#497 · 1 in 5,394
- North Carolina#542 · 1 in 7,434
Best ever in a state: #355 in Tennessee, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #497 | 7 | 1 in 5,394 |
| North Carolina | #542 | 5 | 1 in 7,434 |
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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 Torry
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 201 spots in 1976 (#1,191 → #990)
- Biggest drop: 103 spots in 1977 (#990 → #1,093)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1976 at #990 (71 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1976
- Highest: 1 in 22,099 boys born in 1976 were named Torry (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 174,601 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 29.4% of all boys named Torry (429) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1963, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,525 (1946) | #3,525 |
| 1950s | 23 | #2,642 (1958) | #3,161 |
| 1960s | 130 | #1,711 (1967) | #2,446 |
| 1970s | 429 | #990 (1976) | #1,414 |
| 1980s | 326 | #1,449 (1980) | #1,904 |
| 1990s | 284 | #2,041 (1994) | #2,763 |
| 2000s | 164 | #3,721 (2001) | #5,166 |
| 2010s | 84 | #5,945 (2011) | #8,270 |
| 2020s | 15 | #7,768 (2022) | #9,895 |
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.
Torry in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 255,310 of them was named Torry, which outranked 25.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,649Yomaira7
- #7,649Yoshika7
- #7,649Yumeka7
- #8,562Torry6
- #8,562Aba6
- #8,562Adama6
- #8,562Adebola6
- #9,750Abena5
- #9,750Abigayle5
- #9,750Abrian5
Tied with 1,187 names at #8,562; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 29,319 of them was named Torry, which outranked 82.5% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,177Sage57
- #1,177Tito57
- #1,177Weldon57
- #1,186Torry56
- #1,186Andreas56
- #1,186Berry56
- #1,186Cliffton56
- #1,203Anibal55
- #1,203Brody55
- #1,203Dakota55
Tied with 16 names at #1,186; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.