Torrance

Torrance was the #5,208 boys' name in the US in 2025 (18 babies).

Torrance as a boy’s name

  • US
Torrance as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Torrance as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#5,208 (18)
2024#8,312 (9)
2023#5,927 (15)
2022#4,701 (21)
2021#4,780 (20)
2020#5,041 (18)
2019#4,114 (25)
2018#5,320 (17)
2017#2,891 (41)
2016#2,726 (44)
2015#3,982 (26)
2014#2,929 (39)
2013#4,064 (24)
2012#2,811 (42)
2011#2,748 (43)

Torrance as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Torrance as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Torrance as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#13,208 (6)——
2024#9,556 (10)——
2023#11,169 (8)——
2022#11,231 (8)——
2021#12,206 (7)——
2020#12,142 (7)——
2019#8,597 (12)——
2018#8,146 (13)——
2017#9,341 (11)——
2016#7,988 (14)——
2015#8,447 (13)——
2014#8,053 (14)——
2013#8,580 (13)——
2012#5,895 (22)——
2011#7,783 (15)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1973 at #710.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1940.
  • In 2025, 25% of US babies named Torrance were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 91,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 250,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Torrance is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 140,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 67,000 to 1 in 300,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TorranceCanadaGirls—too few
TorranceEngland & WalesGirls—too few
TorranceNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
TorranceUSGirls#13,2086
TorranceUSBoys#5,20818