Torrance
Torrance was the 5369th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 1973, when it ranked 713th with 128 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,299 places. More babies were named Torrance in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,369 boys, down 162 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 18boys
- Girls and boys
- 32% girls, 68% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1973128 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,152babies recorded
Torrance popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,781 | #5,369 | 6 | 18 |
| 2020 | #13,368 | #5,207 | 7 | 18 |
| 2010 | #7,487 | #3,300 | 17 | 34 |
| 2000 | — | #2,470 | — | 39 |
| 1990 | — | #1,304 | — | 73 |
| 1980 | — | #981 | — | 85 |
| 1970 | — | #757 | — | 119 |
| 1960 | — | #2,114 | — | 16 |
| 1950 | — | #2,568 | — | 10 |
| 1940 | — | #3,902 | — | 5 |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Torrance, counting every spelling?
Torrance is the most common spelling of a name family that had 31 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 31 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torrance | 18 | #5,369 | 83 |
| Torrence | 13 | #6,766 | 77 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Torrance?
18 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Torrance (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Torrance born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 465 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Torrance.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Torrance?
About 3,300 people born in the US named Torrance are alive today, with a median age of 40; half are between 26 and 52. That makes Torrance mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Torrance by state
How common Torrance was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Torrance: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Torrance, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Torrance
How popular is the name Torrance?
Torrance was the 5369th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 18 babies. Its best year was 1973, when it ranked 713th with 128 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,299 places. More babies were named Torrance in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Torrance a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 32% girls, 68% boys given the name Torrance in the US.
Where is Torrance most popular?
In 2021–2025, Torrance was most common in Florida (0.01 per 1,000 boys).